The Statistics in Schools (SIS) program offers a variety of engaging activities and tools designed to boost students’ statistical literacy while making learning festive and fun during the winter holiday season – all while highlighting the value of Census Bureau data.

Our Winter Holiday Season Fun Facts feature holiday-themed data to delight your students—like the population of jolly U.S. places such as Santa Claus, Indiana, and Snowflake, Arizona. Use the accompanying teaching guide for grade-appropriate ways to incorporate Census Bureau data into your lesson plans.

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More Resources for the Holiday Season

• Toy Makers by State (5-Minute Challenge)
• Festive-Sounding Places (5-Minute Challenge)
• A Week of Festive Fun With Census Bureau Data (Holiday Resource) 
• Census Bureau Winter Wonderland (Kahoot! Game)
• Learn About U.S. Holidays With Census Bureau Data (Kahoot! Game)

Spark Creativity With Census Bureau Data This Winter!

Looking for ways to spark your students’ creativity and imagination with data-filled resources during the holidays? SIS has got you covered with updated resources on our Create with Data page! Use them during #CrayolaCreativityWeek, a free celebration from January 26 to February 1, to bring data to life and boost your students’ data literacy skills.

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Plan Ahead

Explore our resources for National Hobby Month, National Poverty in America Awareness Month, National Trivia Day (January 4), Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 19), National Spouses Day (January 26), National Puzzle Day (January 29), and Crayola Creativity Week (January 26-February 1). Use our January Monthly Highlights webpage to plan your month!

About Statistics in Schools

Bring your lessons to life and boost the civic and statistical literacy of your students with resources from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools (SIS) program. Whether you teach math, geography, history, sociology or English, explore more than 200 free and engaging materials for K-12 students that use census data.