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@datanuggets.bsky.social
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Free data literacy activities, developed by scientists & teachers. Data Nuggets bring authentic research and data to K-16 students through science storytelling. datanuggets.org #SciComm #EduSky #DataNuggets

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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We have several awesome datasets from the Andrews Forest LTER site featured in our activities. Cuts to Forest Service and NSF funding mean the unique, long-term datasets from this site are threatened. www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Research projects in the Pacific Northwest’s experimental forests face funding uncertainty
A reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service and threats to federal funding could affect ongoing research in the Pacific Northwest.
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you're using our "Blinking out?" Data Nugget, check out this new paper featuring lady beetle data from the same firefly dataset - all from sticky card traps in the @kbslter.bsky.social Main Cropping Systems Experiment!
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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
For the past 10 years, Kara Haas has coordinated the K-12 Partnership here at @kbslter.bsky.social! Earlier this summer she successfully defended her dissertation! With @llseedsull.bsky.social and a team of teachers, Dr. Haas will work to create a distributed research network in schoolyards!
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Mike Grillo @mikegrillo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We had a great Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop for Chicago teachers as part of my joint NSF and Walder Foundation program to provide research experiences for preservice teachers. It's been a joy hosting the Data Nuggets creators the past 5 years for this workshop.
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our newest paper is out! We investigated student responses to inclusive DataVersify activities and found few instances of resistance. doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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Students express minimal resistance to inclusive biology activities highlighting the diversity of scientists
Abstract. While educators strive to foster inclusive learning environments, a commonly reported concern is the prospect of student resistance to inclusive
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
long-term ecological datasets help scientists predict how systems change, detect early warning signs and help guide environmentally sustainable economies. Last year, many were lost and scientists are sounding the alarm. wildlife.org/loss-of-long...
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Loss of long-term ecological research is ‘alarming’ - The Wildlife Society
Scientists expect ecological, economic and social ramifications
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Check out this article - pairs well with our “buried seeds, buried treasure” activity, or any other Data Nugget featuring a long-term dataset!
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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
New paper from the @uslter.bsky.social identifies effective elements of projects engaging the public with science. Called the "SCREE" framework, @kbslter.bsky.social's work with farmers and prairie strips cited under the "strategic" element. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Six elements of effective public engagement with science
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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Education & Outreach Coordinator, Liz Schultheis, awarded Sound Science Fellowship from @ncse.bsky.social. Fellows will enhance K-12 education by identifying and resolving common misconceptions and conduct research to develop best practices for science education. ncse.ngo/ncse-welcome...
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NCSE welcomes second cohort of Sound Science Fellows | National Center for Science Education
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
When experiments out-live the scientists who started them - on purpose! If you're using our "Buried Seeds, Buried Treasure" Data Nugget, check out this recent press on the study! www.snexplores.org/article/long...
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These ultra-long experiments outlive their scientists — on purpose
To study phenomena that unfold over decades or even centuries, scientists may launch long-running projects they may never see finished.
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DataClassroom @dataclassroom.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Do insects prefer local or foreign foods? about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-te… In this Digital Data Nugget, students answer the scientific question: How does insect herbivore damage compare for native, exotic, and invasive plant species?
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Come find Data Nuggets today at NABT for a Special Workshop starting at 12:30! #NABT2025
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Want to interact with a scientist behind a Data Nugget? Join us for an upcoming webinar where we will hear from Caro Cordova, author of Farms Flight Climate Change, as she shares her research and motivations behind her career. More details here! energy.wisc.edu/events/data-...
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Data Nuggets: Bringing Authentic Soil Carbon Research to the Classroom
Authentic datasets have the unique ability to capture the attention of students and engage them in the work of scientists. Data Nuggets are free classroom resources, co-designed by scientists and teac...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Now up on our Resources page - The world runs on data, but too often, classrooms are not keeping up. Data Science Learning Progressions help educators build data skills into learning experiences at every grade level. Explore the full framework at datasciencelearning.org
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
What a bar graph can (and can't) tell you! Great #dataliteracy and data visualization discussion from @dataclassroom.bsky.social! about.dataclassroom.com/blog/the-end...
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The end of the bar graph? — DataClassroom
It’s not that all bar graphs are bad. However, when not used carefully, bar graphs have the potential to unnecessarily hinder a student in learning to interpret data through graphs. With data from cla...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Looking for a lesson on #insects? You can search "insects" in our table of Data Nuggets, or we just learned about this website, Lesson Hive, that curates and rates lessons on insects! lessonhive.org
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Welcome - Lesson Hive
Kids and bugs go together naturally! This is an inventory of peer-evaluated insect and arthropod-related lesson plans.
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Did you know your students can make Data Nuggets, or that they can work with data collected by fellow students? Just search "student research" in our tables to find these activities! datanuggets.org/search-curre... #studentresearch #scicomm #stemed #k12 #realdata
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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 21/08/2025
Here's the blog with all the deets about the competition 👇 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
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Win Cash, Save Science: Share Your SciJourney! — Galactic Polymath
Join the 2025 #MySciJourney Challenge! We are looking for scientists at all stages to share their journeys in science! Teachers: You and your students can help decide the winners! #scicomm #SaveNSF
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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 21/08/2025
Scientists, here's your chance to share your work, why it matters, and win up to $500! It's as easy as making a slideshow and recording it. We made templates and examples to make it easier. Our #MySciJourney challenge sponsored by @ncse.bsky.social & @civicscimedia.bsky.social sky.social #scicomm
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Welcome to the new school year! Our latest Data Nuggets newsletter just came out featuring some of our newest activities and info for requesting access to teacher guides! mailchi.mp/03135ab78bff...
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Data Nuggets - welcome to the new school year!
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Hope we got to chat with you at #SABER2025, and if not, Data Nuggets will be at SABER Midwest @nabtbio.bsky.social as well!!
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
If you’re at the SABER Annual Meeting, come find @datanuggets.bsky.social at our poster tomorrow! True to Data Nuggets, gotta love some null results :)
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Mike Grillo @mikegrillo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Day 2 of our Walder Foundation and NSF sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was also a big success! We had preservice, middle, and high school teachers from throughout Chicago and from several other states. Huge thank you to @eschultheis.bsky.social @kjelvikm.bsky.social and Sam.
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We’re so excited to be in Chicago this week to present Data Nuggets to a group of preservice, middle, and high school teachers! Thanks to Mike @mikegrillo.bsky.social and Lara at @loyolachicago.bsky.social for being such amazing hosts!
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Mike Grillo @mikegrillo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Day 1 of our Walder Foundation sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was a big success! Scientists from Loyola, the Field Museum and Chicago State built new Data Nuggets on prairie restoration, Anolis lizards, plant microbiomes, and endangered mice..and we caught a Cubs game!
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Our #NSF grant, supporting a fruitful collaboration with the @cissyballen.bsky.social Lab, was terminated, along with over 1,600 others. We describe the impact of this loss in a press release here. datanuggets.org/2025/06/nsf-...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We have enjoyed having graduate student, Samson Stynen, working with us this past year. Read more about his experience in this blog post! www.kbs.msu.edu/2025/05/data...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Though our recent #NSF grant was terminated, the @datanuggets.bsky.social program still continues through support from the @kbslter.bsky.social and other sources! We're searching for future funding opportunities and will continue to help share authentic datasets and science stories with students!
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Want to learn more about Digital Data Nuggets on @dataclassroom.bsky.social? Check out this past webinar where we introduce the two programs and our collaboration! about.dataclassroom.com/real-data-re...
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Past Workshop: Data Nuggets Workshop — DataClassroom
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DataClassroom @dataclassroom.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Digital Data Nugget! An activity in partnership with @datanuggets.bsky.social Are firefly populates in Southwest Michigan in decline? Explore data from the longest running study of fireflies: about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-tea...
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Blinking Out? — DataClassroom
Are firefly populations in Southwest Michigan in decline?
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DataClassroom @dataclassroom.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
DataClassroom Collection - 9 Great datasets to get students familiar with different graph types. about.dataclassroom.com/blog/nine-gr... #data #datascience #scienceteachers #graphs
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9 Great datasets to get your students familiar with different graph types! — DataClassroom
What graphs are best for your data? Explore all the possibilities in this helpful blogpost.
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DataClassroom @dataclassroom.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Digital data nugget in partnership with @datanuggets.bsky.social What is the role of nuptial feeding for paternal investment in the Hawaiian swordtail cricket? Check out the data in this digital data nugget here: about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-tea...
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Bon Appetit! — DataClassroom
What is the role of nuptial feeding for paternal investment in the Hawaiian swordtail cricket?
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Barbara A. Han @bahanbug.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
“The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — hardly a partisan institution — finds that nondefense government R&D yields long-run economic returns of 150% to 300% …“Our findings therefore point to a misallocation of public capital, and substantial underinvestment in nondefense R&D.”
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The NSF Is Being Dismantled — With Broad Implications For The American Economy
The economic consequences of cuts to the National Science Foundation and restricting scientific inquiry on this scale could be far-reaching.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/05/2025
HAPPY 75th, NSF! We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond. Read on 🧵(1/11):
A chocolate cake with red and white decorations and lit candles shaped as the number 75. Bold text reads: ‘The NSF Turns 75 Today. What has it done over the past 7 decades?’ The background is a celebratory red with a spray-paint texture.
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Liz Schultheis @eschultheis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Knew it was coming but it still makes me mad. On Friday DOGE terminated our NSF grant supporting @datanuggets.bsky.social and an amazing collaboration to help encourage more students to pursue STEM careers. That’s $1M that would have went towards jobs, educators, and teaching kids data literacy.
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Teachers! Check out this opportunity to win funding to help pay for conference costs, courtesy of our friends at @ncse.bsky.social! #EduSky #iteachbio 🧪
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The HJ Andrews Forest is a long-term research site where the effects of timber harvest and forest regrowth are studied. Scientists are studying how the preferences of small birds, called warblers, give insight into how birds respond to these disturbances. 🪹🐦 #DNOTW datanuggets.org/home-sweet-h... 🧪
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Trees and bushes, home sweet home for warblers ‣ Data Nuggets
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 Grading Rubric...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
New DN! Caro analyzed data from a 30-year experiment to compare ag practices to see which ones increase soil carbon. Her work helps identify how to benefit both farmers and the planet. #EarthDay #edusky #DNOTW 🧪 @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social datanuggets.org/farms-in-the...
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Farms in the fight against climate change ‣ Data Nuggets
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 Grading Rubric Carbon, when it is f...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Opportunities to get involved with @datanuggets.bsky.social for both K-12 teachers and undergraduate instructors! #edusky 🧪 mailchi.mp/4de4911d7ee0...
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Data Nuggets Opportunities - April 2025
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Congratulations to our 2025 Huxley Award recipient, Dr. Elizabeth Schultheis, for her collection of education resources called Data Nuggets, created together with Dr. Melissa Kjelvik! Learn more here: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @datanuggets.bsky.social
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T. H. Huxley Award: Dr. Elizabeth Schultheis
Congratulations to this year’s T. H. Huxley Award recipient, Dr. Elizabeth Schultheis ! Dr. Schultheis is the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Kellogg Biological Station…
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Becky, who studies bluefin killifish, noticed that males found in springs with clear water have red or yellow fins, while males in swamps have blue fins. In this activity, explore data she collected to test the mechanism behind this pattern. #edusky #DNOTW 🧪 datanuggets.org/why-so-blue-1/
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Why so blue? The determinants of color pattern in killifish, Part I ‣ Data Nuggets
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 Reading Activity Grading Rubric In ...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Undergrad biology instructors! Want to participate in a paid research study to test the impacts of highlighting scientist role models in instructional materials? We are looking for you! #edusky 🧪 See more information and apply here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... @cissyballen.bsky.social
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Recruitment instructors_IUSE2.docx
Which elements of scientist role model stories are effective in improving equity and success in undergraduate STEM education? Interested? Fill out this poll! We are searching for undergraduate bio...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Teaching chemistry and want to dive deeper into plastics? In “Working to reduce the plastics problem,” students learn about research where Nick and a team of undergrads tested biodegradable elastomers. #DNOTW #edusky 🧪 datanuggets.org/working-to-r...
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Working to reduce the plastics problem ‣ Data Nuggets
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Level 3 PowerPoint of images Grading Rubric Plastics are materials that can be shaped easily and are used for many functions. This has ma...
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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 25/03/2025
🎉We're very excited to release "DataStreams: A crash course in #dataliteracy using stream ecology." This unit is the product of many months of development with scientists, teachers, artists & filmmakers. It's free for all thanks to NSF funding!🧪 www.galacticpolymath.com/lessons/en-U...
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Mini-Unit: Data Streams
Level-up data literacy skills by practicing the "PPSTT" Framework for unlocking any graph's secrets. Students watch scientists model this approach & then try it on their own using multiple data types,...
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
New DN Alert! Holly uses features on fossils to reconstruct the lifestyles of ancient animals. Learn how she compared a fossil to eyesocket sizes of living species to piece together whether the animal was nocturnal. @palaeophd.bsky.social #DNOTW #edusky #scicomm datanuggets.org/ancient-anim...
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Reconstructing the behaviour of ancient animals ‣ Data Nuggets
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 Scientist Profile on Project Biodiv...
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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 25/03/2025
Q: How do we grow #dataliteracy skills? A: We worked with scientists to develop the PPSTT framework to help students make sense of graphs & figures. Part of a free unit for grades 9–uni; #openaccess thanks to NSF funding to Dr. Tom Luhring at WSU 🧪 #scicomm #edusky youtube.com/shorts/zDRqw...
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PPSTT…the secret to reading graphs like a scientist #dataliteracy 📈
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If you are looking for ways to bring real research and data into your classroom, we have 140 free resources written by scientists who share their story and experiences in STEM! 🧪 Explore all of our activities here: datanuggets.org/view-in-sear... #edusky #scicomm #dataliteracy #k12
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Ever since she was a kid, rivers have fascinated Leila. During graduate school, she wanted to test how a dam on the Kalamazoo River in Michigan is affecting the food chain. Come take a “Float Down the Kalamazoo River” to learn more! #DNOTW 🛶 datanuggets.org/float-down-t...
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Float down the Kalamazoo River ‣ Data Nuggets
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 Digital Data Nugget ...
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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Congrats to Sam Stynen, grad student in the @nickhaddad.bsky.social lab and fellow with @datanuggets.bsky.social on his first teacher conference presenting Data Nuggets! He had a great turnout at #MSTA2025 and led teachers through a dataset looking at butterfly abundance in agricultural lands!
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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The long eye-stalks on male stalk-eyed flies are attractive to females. But do these elaborate traits make them more vulnerable to predators? In "How to escape a predator", explore how sexual selection and survival interact in this species. #DNOTW datanuggets.org/2015/10/how-...
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How to Escape a Predator ‣ Data Nuggets
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 Grading Rubric Stalk-eyed flies are...
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