Meet Nova the Data Explorer: A Nature Detective Adventure
Hunt for patterns. Make discoveries. Become a Data Detective.
Join Nova, a curious fox and Data Detective, as she explores patterns in mushrooms, butterfly wings, pine cones and the natural world around her.
These free printable pages give children a taste of Nova’s screen-free adventures through colouring, observation, counting and simple pattern activities.
No screens. No special materials. Just print and explore.
Where should we send Nova’s free pages?
Three printable pages, straight to your inbox.
Become a Data Detective
What will your child discover?
With Nova, children don’t just learn about patterns, they hunt for them.
Butterfly Wings
Discover symmetry by looking closely at butterfly wings and colouring the two sides to match.
Help Nova!
Nova makes a silly mistake. Children look closely, count, and figure out what she missed.
Parent & caregiver guide
A simple guide explaining the skills behind the activities, questions to ask, and easy pattern activities to try at home.
Butterfly Wings · full page inside
Help Nova! · full page insideThese are peeks. The print-ready PDF lands in your inbox.
Why it matters
Patterns are the first data skill
Before children can read a chart, they learn to notice what repeats, sort what is alike, count what they see and predict what comes next.
Nova turns those early data skills into a nature adventure, because patterns are everywhere.
Children can explore, colour, count and make discoveries while building the foundations of early data thinking. More about the DataSavvy Kids approach
Loved meeting Nova?
Continue the Data Detective adventure
The free pages are just a taste of Nova’s world.
The full Nova the Data Explorer: Patterns in Nature workbook takes children on a bigger screen-free adventure with more patterns to discover, activities to complete and simple data challenges to solve.
21 printable pages + a guided audio story
Your child can listen, explore and work through the adventure at their own pace.
Your child can listen, explore and work through the adventure at their own pace.