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DataClassroom
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DataClassroom is an educational tool for data visualization and analysis, for both K-12 and college level use.
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DataClassroom @dataclassroom.bsky.social · Apr 15
DataClassroom Collection - 9 Great datasets to get students familiar with different graph types.

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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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Upcoming Webinar: Making Real Data Work Accessible in Intro Biology (and other courses!)

https://about.dataclassroom.com/upcoming-workshops

November 18, 2025 from 4:15pm - 5:00pm ET
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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We always love to hear stories like these!

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November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Do insects prefer local or foreign foods?

https://about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-teach/do-insects-prefer-local-or-foreign-foods

In this Digital Data Nugget, students answer the scientific question: How does insect herbivore damage compare for native, exotic, and invasive plant species?
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Do you know DataClassroom can:
- plot residuals (and slopes) from regression lines?
- plot a reference normal curve on histograms?
- run tests for normality?

Read on ... https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/residuals-and-normality
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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In this Digital Data Nugget, students answer the question: 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?

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November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Great to see students actively selecting DataClassroom as their tool for nailing the IA...

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November 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Fish Fights!

In this Digital Data Nugget, students answer the scientific question: How does aggressiveness in male sticklebacks affect their ability to defend their territories?

https://about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-teach/fish-fights
October 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Colorscales make your data pop! Give your visualization some "pop" with a relevant or eye-catching color gradient.

https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/color-scales-for-graphs

#DataScience #TeachingStats #DataLiteracy
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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This group of 13 datasets is known as the Datasaurus Dozen, and was created by scientists to be used by students learning to work with data.

https://about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-teach/datasaurus

Students explore a set of datasets through both their summary statistics and through graphing.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Students producing great visualizations for their Science Fair displays...

#DataScience #TeachingStats #DataLiteracy
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Webinar tonight: Getting Started with DataClassroom Graphing and Statistics

https://about.dataclassroom.com/upcoming-workshops

Thursday, October 23 from 7:00 - 7:45 pm EST
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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The correlation matrix is a great way to visualize patterns in your data. Patterns can just pop right out at you!

https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/correlation-matrix

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October 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Halloween Data Special! Costume searches with Google Trends:

Students can interpret graphs to suggest why certain Google searches (and likely purchases) spike around Halloween and other times.

https://about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-teach/google-trend-costume-data
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The right tool for the job!

https://u.dataclassroom.com

#DataScience #TeachingStats #DataLiteracy #experimentaldesign
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Webinar next week: Getting Started with DataClassroom Graphing and Statistics

https://about.dataclassroom.com/upcoming-workshops

Thursday, October 23 from 7:00 - 7:45 pm EST
October 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Does taking supplements with antioxidants have beneficial health effects? Like reducing heart attack risk?

It turned out that this wasn’t the case - quite the opposite in fact!

https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/antioxidants-are-bad-for-you

#DataScience #TeachingStats #DataLiteracy
October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Students enjoying working with data at the University of Central Arkansas!

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October 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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How does potential energy change to kinetic as a high diver dives off a cliff?

https://about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-teach/energy-transformation
October 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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There's an idea that students must use spreadsheets for everything - because “that’s what they’ll use in the workplace”.

But scientists don’t much use spreadsheets for analysis.

https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/excel-in-the-classroom-go-one-better

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Excel in the science classroom? Go one better. — DataClassroom
There is a misconception that students should use spreadsheets for everything - because “that’s what they’ll be using when they are in the workplace” . But scientists don’t generally use spreadsheets for visualization and analysis . And there’s a reason for that.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Take your own good time and see what the data are telling you...

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October 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Crunchy or Squishy?

In this Digital Data Nugget, students explore data to answer the question: Do the two main groups of zooplankton increase or decrease in response to changes in their phytoplankton food during El Niño events?
https://about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-teach/crunchy-or-squishy
October 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Maximize Learning for AP Bio!

We’ve got 8 datasets Classroom-Ready as the perfect companion to your cued up investigations.

Check them out here: https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/ap-bio-datasets
October 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Glad to hear students are really getting something out of using DataClassroom!

#DataScience #TeachingStats #DataLiteracy
September 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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The Graph Wizard assists the student in deciding which kind or graph - or graphs - might best illustrate their data.

Read more about our Graph Wizard here: https://about.dataclassroom.com/blog/graph-wizard

#DataScience #TeachingStats #DataLiteracy
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Webinar tonight: Guiding Students to Success with Data in IB Science IAs

https://about.dataclassroom.com/upcoming-workshops

Tuesday, September 23 from 4:15 - 5:00 pm EST
September 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM