Activities and Examples: Using Data in the Classroom Today

This collection contains links to on-line activities for teaching STEM concepts with data of all types and examples that describe ways in which on-line, published, and student-collected data are currently used in teaching and learning.

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This collection includes both data activities identified from across the web as well as a local example collection.

The initial example collection was created in collaboration with the Geological Society of America where the examples were given in a poster session "Using Data to Teach Earth Processes: An Illustrated Community Discussion" sponsored by the NAGT On the Cutting Edge program. We invite you to contribute additional examples in any of the STEM disciplines.

Each example includes a description of the activity, its learning goals, the context in which it is used, information on the needed data, tools, and activities and suggestions for evaluation.

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Bioinformatics part of Microbial Life:Teaching Methods:Teaching with Data:Examples
This exercise contains two interrelated modules that introduce students to modern biological techniques in the area of Bioinformatics, which is the application of computer technology to the management of biological information. The need for Bioinformatics has arisen from the recent explosion of publicly available genomic information, such as that resulting from the Human Genome Project.

World Index of Molecular Visualization Resources part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.molvisindex.org

This is a very inclusive site for 3-D viewing of biological molecules and their interactions. There are many links in this site for the modeling and visualizing of proteins and other biologically ...

In Full Bloom part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.vims.edu/bridge/archive0402.html

This website offers a brief overview of Red Tide and the toxic algae responsible for it. Several words and phrases within the summary are hyperlinked to more detailed explanations on remote sites. A ...

Red Tides Student Module part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~map/mapcd/6th_edition/high/...

This activity packet uses red tide-related data to integrate science and mathematics. Designed for grades 9-12, students use given data sets to create and interpret graphs. All required materials are ...

Cephalopod Lesson Plans part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/cephschool/

This collection of lesson plans, created by the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, highlights color change in cephalopods. This page provides links to each lesson plan, which are in PDF format ...

Microbial Mat Education Page part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/microbe/

This NASA educational page features Earth's Earliest Ecosystems in the Classroom: a web site dedicated to the use of microbial mats to illustrate and demonstrate general principles of scientific ...

New Millennium Observatory (NeMO) Education part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/education.html

This site is a digital curriculum developed by the New Millennium Observatory, a seafloor observatory at the Axial Volcano along the Juan de Fuca ridge in the Pacific Ocean. The curriculum, titled ...

Topic Guide: Paleoclimate part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://earthednet.org/Ocean_Materials/Mini_Studies/Paleo...

This University of California, Santa Barbara mini-study teaches students about determining paleoclimate (or past climate) based on recently collected data. Web links to data and background ...