Great Websites for Online Data

Part of the struggle to incorporating data analysis into your classroom is knowing where to find appropriate data sets for students. This chapter provides examples of online data sets in Ea... See More

Part of the struggle to incorporating data analysis into your classroom is knowing where to find appropriate data sets for students. This chapter provides examples of online data sets in Earth, Life and Physical science. IT also provides instructional implications for teachers to consider when using online data as well.

Using Internet To Collect & Investigate Data Sets

This is free 9-page chapter from a book on "Technology in the Secondary Classroom". The author provides many examples of how to use the Internet to gain immediate access to numerous data se... See More

This is free 9-page chapter from a book on "Technology in the Secondary Classroom". The author provides many examples of how to use the Internet to gain immediate access to numerous data sets from a variety of governmental agencies, corporations and universities. This is a great one-stop-shop resource to find out what existing data sets are available for middle and high school student to readily access. Students can make inferences, represent their data in graphs, and communicate their findings, etc., when the teacher integrates online data collections with inquiry lessons that support technology use and help students learn about important science concepts.