The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 4 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 4 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 4 PowerPoint of images from Palmer LTER Grading Rubric Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom People have hunted whales for over 5,000 years for their meat, oil, and blubber. In
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NABT 2017 – BEACON Evolution Symposium
For more information on the NABT 2017 conference, check out their website, here. For more information on the 2017 Evolution Symposium, check out our blog post here. Want to learn more about cutting-edge evolution research? Looking for a way to bring more data into your classroom? If so, come check out the Evolution Symposium: Emerging
City parks: wildlife islands in a sea of cement
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 PowerPoint of wildlife camera images Grading Rubric Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom For most of our existence, humans have lived in rural, natural places. However, more and more
Why are butterfly wings colorful?
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 Grading Rubric Scientist Profile: Adriana Briscoe Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom Éste Data Nugget también está disponible en Español: Actividad para estudiantes, Tipo de gráfica A Actividad para
To bee or not to bee aggressive
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 Grading Rubric Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large colonies of about 40,000 individuals and one queen. Every member of
Deadly windows
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 2 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 2 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 2 Grading Rubric Glass makes for a great windowpane because you can see right through it. However, the fact that windows are see-through makes them very dangerous for birds.
Marsh makeover
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 Alternative Graphs Grading Rubric Salt marshes are diverse and productive ecosystems, and are found where the land meets the sea. They contain very unique plant species that are
Data Nuggets: Inspired by teachers, created using authentic research data
This post is by Data Nugget researchers Liz Schultheis and Melissa Kjelvik. See the original article on the MSTA Newsletter website (reproduced below): Back when we were biology graduate students, we were first exposed to science education through the GK-12 program at the Kellogg Biological Station. We were each assigned a partner teacher who would mentor us as we taught
Sticky situations: big and small animals with sticky feet
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student Activity, Level 4 Scaling Up – Math Activity, Student Version Grading Rubric Species are able to do so many amazing things, from birds soaring in the air, lizards hanging upside-down from ceilings, and trees growing hundreds of feet tall. The study of biomechanics looks at living things from an engineering
Are you my species?
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 Grading Rubric Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom What is a species? The biological species concept says species are groups of organisms that can mate with each other but