Data Nuggets is a site designed by researchers and teachers for teachers and students. The site is
dedicated to research that is happening right now! There is an interactive map that allows for
teachers to find scientific research that is going on near your own location or maybe in another
location if needed, for instance when working on a cross curricular unit focusing on a particular
area. The website also provides teacher guides, student activities guides, rubrics for grading,
youtube videos, and texts to go along with content including both texts to read and worksheets
for the students to engage in. The website it very upto date which is probably what I love most
about it. Students need to know what is going on in their world today and this website helps
teachers with this. This particular site focuses mostly on ecology and adaptation versus space or
physics concepts so it can be considered limiting in those respects. The website also lays out the
appropriate levels for the activities, level 1: elementary, level 2: middle school, level 3: high
school, level 4: AP subjects including biology. This allows the teachers to break down the
activities further in case they need to for younger children. On this site you can search for
specific subjects/ topics or the site does provide a sort of “word wall” type thing on the side
column which allows for subjects with more content to have a bigger word on the “wall.” It is
great when looking or searching for popular topics. I like how the content is laid out and user
friendly and the site is free!
dedicated to research that is happening right now! There is an interactive map that allows for
teachers to find scientific research that is going on near your own location or maybe in another
location if needed, for instance when working on a cross curricular unit focusing on a particular
area. The website also provides teacher guides, student activities guides, rubrics for grading,
youtube videos, and texts to go along with content including both texts to read and worksheets
for the students to engage in. The website it very upto date which is probably what I love most
about it. Students need to know what is going on in their world today and this website helps
teachers with this. This particular site focuses mostly on ecology and adaptation versus space or
physics concepts so it can be considered limiting in those respects. The website also lays out the
appropriate levels for the activities, level 1: elementary, level 2: middle school, level 3: high
school, level 4: AP subjects including biology. This allows the teachers to break down the
activities further in case they need to for younger children. On this site you can search for
specific subjects/ topics or the site does provide a sort of “word wall” type thing on the side
column which allows for subjects with more content to have a bigger word on the “wall.” It is
great when looking or searching for popular topics. I like how the content is laid out and user
friendly and the site is free!
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Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI love this source! This is definitely something that I would use in my classroom. I agree with you, it is awesome that they keep it so up to date and providing current information with students keeps them invested and interested. This is an incredible free resource that would peak a lot of interests in science because there are so many different routes to take!
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