Strategies
Tools and Resources
Our goal with Data Puzzles is to bring teachers more than just innovative data-driven classroom activities. We want to empower educators to examine and hone their own skills and practices, dive deeper into three-dimensional learning (content, skills and practices, crosscutting concepts), and discover new ways to engage students in science learning and exploration. Below are Data Puzzle webinars, scientist speakers, and additional tools and resources for learning more about the science, pedagogical practices, and philosophies that form the foundation of Data Puzzle instructional design.
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Data Sensemaking Supports
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Data Puzzle Webinar Recordings
Water
Wildfire
Arctic
Ecological Tipping Points
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Scientist Speaker Recordings
Water
- "Ecological succession in emerging tributaries to Glen Canyon" with Seth Arens
Wildfire
- "Megafires" with Dr. Natasha Stavros
- "Post-fire tree regeneration in a changing climate" with Dr. Kim Davis and Dr. Kyra Clark-Wolf
- "Ecological effects of wildfire: past, present, and future" with Dr. Philip Higuera
Arctic
- "Understanding Arctic Warming Using Observations and Models" with Dr. Jen Kay
- "Climate, Carbon, and Microbes in the Central Arctic Ocean" with Dr. Emelia Chamberlain
Ecological Tipping Points
- "The Tipping Point: climate effects on tundra plants" with Dr. Megan DeMarche
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Pedagogical Supports
Discussion strategies
Scientific modeling support
- Modeling tools from Ambitious Science Teaching
- Model-based inquiry
- A Layered Approach to Scientific Modeling
- The Modeling Toolkit: Making student thinking visible with public representation
- Supporting English Language Learners in constructing evidence-based explanations
Other data analysis resources