Great Way to Track Data

In this article, the author describes several benefits of tracking weather data and provides an elementary level lesson plan. The article includes powerful information about the benefits of... See More

In this article, the author describes several benefits of tracking weather data and provides an elementary level lesson plan. The article includes powerful information about the benefits of tracking. In addition to providing activities and lesson ideas, the author also provides extension activities and links to the standards. I really like the way this lesson encourages students to track data of something they experience everyday...the weather.

Data Collection For the Very Young

This article represents a very early attempt to have young children understand that data collected needs to be organized in a way to use it or make sense of it. This article is a way to sta... See More

This article represents a very early attempt to have young children understand that data collected needs to be organized in a way to use it or make sense of it. This article is a way to start these children thinking about data collection and data organization. What makes this activity so good is that after the children start a chart a new piece of information is suggested and students have to decide how to change their data collection. If all children this age had these experiences getting to organize data when they are older would be easier to do.

The Importance of Organizing Data

This article and accompanying lesson plan outlines the importance of modeling how to collect and interpret data for students. This is an important skills for scientists to have and can be i... See More

This article and accompanying lesson plan outlines the importance of modeling how to collect and interpret data for students. This is an important skills for scientists to have and can be introduced in age appropriate ways. In this article, students are working with weather data to look for patterns about the weather.