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 Optional classroom reading: Harriet Booth: Unraveling the mysteries of Plum Island’s marshes Salt marshes are among the most productive coastal ecosystems. They support a diversity of plants and
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The mystery of Plum Island Marsh
Salmon in hot water
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Level 4 Grading Rubric Pacific salmon are important members of freshwater and ocean food webs. Salmon transport nutrients from the ocean to freshwater habitats, and traces of these nutrients can be found in everything from trees to bears! Salmon also support sport and commercial fisheries, and are used
How the cricket lost its song, Part I
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 Scientist Profile on Project Biodiversify Grading Rubric Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom Some of the most vibrant and elaborate traits in the animal kingdom are signals used to attract
Invasive reeds in the salt marsh
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 Phragmites australis is an invasive reed, a type of grass that grows in water. Phragmites is taking over saltwater marshes in New England, or wetland habitats
Growing energy: comparing biofuel crop biomass
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 Éste Data Nugget también está disponible en Español: Actividad para estudiantes, Tipo de gráfica A Actividad para estudiantes, Tipo de gráfica B Actividad para estudiantes, Tipo de gráfica C
This is a place – the importance of conducting local research
Below we have reproduced an article by Kathryn M. Flinn from Belt Magazine. The original post can be found here. Like many teenagers, I could not wait to leave the place where I grew up, in western Pennsylvania. There, my family often took a walk on a nearby Rails-to-Trails path that I liked to call the Trail of Ecological Destruction.
Springing forward
The Reading Level 1 activities are as follows: Teacher Guide, Level 1 Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 1 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 1 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 1 Grading Rubric The Reading Level 3 activities are as follows: Teacher Guide, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type
Data Nuggets’ First Publication Out in the American Biology Teacher
We just had our first Data Nugget publication accepted to the American Biology Teacher in their January 2015 issue. We hope this paper will introduce Data Nuggets to a broader audience of teachers. Click here for a PDF! Schultheis, E. H., and M. K. Kjelvik. 2015. Data Nuggets: Bringing Real Data into the Classroom to Unearth Students’ Quantitative & Inquiry Skills. The American
NIMBioS Working Group: Expanding Data Nuggets by Developing and Assessing this Integrative Resource to Increase Quantitative Literacy
On January 7-9th at NIMBioS headquarters in Knoxville, TN, the Data Nuggets working group brought together a diverse team of leaders in curriculum reform (K-12 and undergraduate), education resource assessment, education researchers, mathematicians, biologists, and a high school teacher. This working group served as a mechanism to bring NIMBioS resources and leaders in science education research and reform
Blog Post on the Molecular Ecologist
Data Nuggets were featured on the Molecular Ecologist blog. Article is reproduced below, and can be found on their blog here. Increase your broader impacts with Data Nuggets This week we have a special guest post by Elizabeth Schultheis, a PhD candidate at Michigan State University and the Kellogg Biological Station, to describe her Data Nuggets