The Mobile Data Science Toolkit scaffolds middle and high school students in leading real-world data science investigations. Built on MIT App Inventor, the free, open-source toolkit empowers learners to visualize and analyze sensor and public data using apps that they build, and offers in-app generative AI capabilities for context and analysis. An interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum employs participatory data collection, inspiring students to collect and analyze data on topics of personal interest, with the aim of fostering higher authorship proximity in K12 data science.
Robert Parks
Curriculum Designer
Robert is a curriculum developer, writer, and designer on the MIT App Inventor team. He previously designed and wrote educational materials for NASA and out-of-school engineering programs for PBS.