Digital Data Nuggets

Are you looking for even more data activities that your students can do online?

Check out the Digital Data Nuggets from our collaborators at Data Nuggets!

These are digital versions of the Data Nuggets activities that you know and love. Data Nuggets engage students with the stories behind the science and authentic data from real scientific studies.

Seventeen Digital Data Nuggets are available on DataClassroom and let your students easily make multiple graphs and explore multiple ways to visually represent data.

Play with the Digital Data Nuggets now!

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See some of our Ready-to-Teach activities with Data Nuggets here:

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Dangerously Bold

How does the boldness of bluegill affect their survival and growth? Is there a tradeoff in bold and shy behaviors?

Which would the woodlouse prefer?

Do woodlice have a preference for the dark soil or the light leaves, or neither?

Springing Forward

Do flowers flower later or earlier depending on temperature?

Making Sense of Water Quality Data

Comparing two points on the Suwannee River

Deadly Spill

Analyze categorical data to see the most immediate effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on wildlife.

Can Oysters Survive an Oil Spill?

Analyze experimental data collected to predict the effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on oyster populations

Float Down the Kalamazoo River

(1) How does the dam influence the amount of total suspended solids present in the river water? (2) Does this effect differ depending on time of year?

Greenhouse Gas and Biofuel Fertilization

In what way does the amount of fertilizer applied when growing biofuel crops affect N2O (a greenhouse gas) emissions?

When a Species Can't Stand the Heat

Is there evidence that the tuatara population on North Brother Island has become more male-biased over time due to warming of the island’s climate?

Bringing Back the Trumpeter Swan

What were the effects of the reintroduction plan on the number of
swans in the Interior Population?

Case of Collapsing Soil

How do salt and phosphorus affect the rate of carbon dioxide (CO2) released from the soil by microbial respiration?

Fish Fights

How does aggressiveness in male sticklebacks affect their ability to defend their territories?

All Washed Up

Birds of Hubbard Brook (part 1) - Bye Bye Birdie

How has the total number of birds at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest changed over time?

Birds of Hubbard Brook (part 2) - Bye Bye Birdie

How has the total number of birds at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest changed over time?

Is chocolate for the birds?

What is the effect of cacao farms on the abundance of different bird types?

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Aaron ReedyAugust 26, 20201 Comment