Data Nuggets
@datanuggets.bsky.social
Free data literacy activities, developed by scientists & teachers. Data Nuggets bring authentic research and data to K-16 students through science storytelling.
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Check out this article - pairs well with our “buried seeds, buried treasure” activity, or any other Data Nugget featuring a long-term dataset!
The Beal seed experiment at @michiganstateu.bsky.social, plus several of our fellow LTER Network sites mentioned in this article about long-term experiments!
www.snexplores.org/article/long... @hubbardbrook.bsky.social @davidlowry.bsky.social @uslter.bsky.social
www.snexplores.org/article/long... @hubbardbrook.bsky.social @davidlowry.bsky.social @uslter.bsky.social
These ultra-long experiments outlive their scientists — on purpose
To study phenomena that unfold over decades or even centuries, scientists may launch long-running projects they may never see finished.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Check out this article - pairs well with our “buried seeds, buried treasure” activity, or any other Data Nugget featuring a long-term dataset!
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New paper from the @uslter.bsky.social identifies effective elements of projects engaging the public with science. Called the "SCREE" framework, @kbslter.bsky.social's work with farmers and prairie strips cited under the "strategic" element.
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Six elements of effective public engagement with science
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November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New paper from the @uslter.bsky.social identifies effective elements of projects engaging the public with science. Called the "SCREE" framework, @kbslter.bsky.social's work with farmers and prairie strips cited under the "strategic" element.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Education & Outreach Coordinator, Liz Schultheis, awarded Sound Science Fellowship from @ncse.bsky.social. Fellows will enhance K-12 education by identifying and resolving common misconceptions and conduct research to develop best practices for science education.
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NCSE welcomes second cohort of Sound Science Fellows | National Center for Science Education
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December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Education & Outreach Coordinator, Liz Schultheis, awarded Sound Science Fellowship from @ncse.bsky.social. Fellows will enhance K-12 education by identifying and resolving common misconceptions and conduct research to develop best practices for science education.
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When experiments out-live the scientists who started them - on purpose!
If you're using our "Buried Seeds, Buried Treasure" Data Nugget, check out this recent press on the study!
www.snexplores.org/article/long...
If you're using our "Buried Seeds, Buried Treasure" Data Nugget, check out this recent press on the study!
www.snexplores.org/article/long...
These ultra-long experiments outlive their scientists — on purpose
To study phenomena that unfold over decades or even centuries, scientists may launch long-running projects they may never see finished.
www.snexplores.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When experiments out-live the scientists who started them - on purpose!
If you're using our "Buried Seeds, Buried Treasure" Data Nugget, check out this recent press on the study!
www.snexplores.org/article/long...
If you're using our "Buried Seeds, Buried Treasure" Data Nugget, check out this recent press on the study!
www.snexplores.org/article/long...
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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?
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
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?
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?
Want to interact with a scientist behind a Data Nugget? Join us for an upcoming webinar where we will hear from Caro Cordova, author of Farms Flight Climate Change, as she shares her research and motivations behind her career. More details here! energy.wisc.edu/events/data-...
Data Nuggets: Bringing Authentic Soil Carbon Research to the Classroom
Authentic datasets have the unique ability to capture the attention of students and engage them in the work of scientists. Data Nuggets are free classroom resources, co-designed by scientists and teac...
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September 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Want to interact with a scientist behind a Data Nugget? Join us for an upcoming webinar where we will hear from Caro Cordova, author of Farms Flight Climate Change, as she shares her research and motivations behind her career. More details here! energy.wisc.edu/events/data-...
Now up on our Resources page - The world runs on data, but too often, classrooms are not keeping up. Data Science Learning Progressions help educators build data skills into
learning experiences at every grade level. Explore the full framework at datasciencelearning.org
learning experiences at every grade level. Explore the full framework at datasciencelearning.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Now up on our Resources page - The world runs on data, but too often, classrooms are not keeping up. Data Science Learning Progressions help educators build data skills into
learning experiences at every grade level. Explore the full framework at datasciencelearning.org
learning experiences at every grade level. Explore the full framework at datasciencelearning.org
What a bar graph can (and can't) tell you! Great #dataliteracy and data visualization discussion from @dataclassroom.bsky.social!
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The end of the bar graph? — DataClassroom
It’s not that all bar graphs are bad. However, when not used carefully, bar graphs have the potential to unnecessarily hinder a student in learning to interpret data through graphs. With data from cla...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What a bar graph can (and can't) tell you! Great #dataliteracy and data visualization discussion from @dataclassroom.bsky.social!
about.dataclassroom.com/blog/the-end...
about.dataclassroom.com/blog/the-end...
Looking for a lesson on #insects? You can search "insects" in our table of Data Nuggets, or we just learned about this website, Lesson Hive, that curates and rates lessons on insects! lessonhive.org
Welcome - Lesson Hive
Kids and bugs go together naturally! This is an inventory of peer-evaluated insect and arthropod-related lesson plans.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Looking for a lesson on #insects? You can search "insects" in our table of Data Nuggets, or we just learned about this website, Lesson Hive, that curates and rates lessons on insects! lessonhive.org
Did you know your students can make Data Nuggets, or that they can work with data collected by fellow students? Just search "student research" in our tables to find these activities!
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#studentresearch #scicomm #stemed #k12 #realdata
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#studentresearch #scicomm #stemed #k12 #realdata
August 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Did you know your students can make Data Nuggets, or that they can work with data collected by fellow students? Just search "student research" in our tables to find these activities!
datanuggets.org/search-curre...
#studentresearch #scicomm #stemed #k12 #realdata
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#studentresearch #scicomm #stemed #k12 #realdata
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Here's the blog with all the deets about the competition 👇
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
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Win Cash, Save Science: Share Your SciJourney! — Galactic Polymath
Join the 2025 #MySciJourney Challenge! We are looking for scientists at all stages to share their journeys in science! Teachers: You and your students can help decide the winners! #scicomm #SaveNSF
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August 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Here's the blog with all the deets about the competition 👇
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...
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Scientists, here's your chance to share your work, why it matters, and win up to $500!
It's as easy as making a slideshow and recording it. We made templates and examples to make it easier. Our #MySciJourney challenge sponsored by @ncse.bsky.social & @civicscimedia.bsky.social sky.social #scicomm
It's as easy as making a slideshow and recording it. We made templates and examples to make it easier. Our #MySciJourney challenge sponsored by @ncse.bsky.social & @civicscimedia.bsky.social sky.social #scicomm
August 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Scientists, here's your chance to share your work, why it matters, and win up to $500!
It's as easy as making a slideshow and recording it. We made templates and examples to make it easier. Our #MySciJourney challenge sponsored by @ncse.bsky.social & @civicscimedia.bsky.social sky.social #scicomm
It's as easy as making a slideshow and recording it. We made templates and examples to make it easier. Our #MySciJourney challenge sponsored by @ncse.bsky.social & @civicscimedia.bsky.social sky.social #scicomm
Welcome to the new school year! Our latest Data Nuggets newsletter just came out featuring some of our newest activities and info for requesting access to teacher guides!
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Data Nuggets - welcome to the new school year!
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August 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Welcome to the new school year! Our latest Data Nuggets newsletter just came out featuring some of our newest activities and info for requesting access to teacher guides!
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Hope we got to chat with you at #SABER2025, and if not, Data Nuggets will be at SABER Midwest @nabtbio.bsky.social as well!!
July 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hope we got to chat with you at #SABER2025, and if not, Data Nuggets will be at SABER Midwest @nabtbio.bsky.social as well!!
If you’re at the SABER Annual Meeting, come find @datanuggets.bsky.social at our poster tomorrow! True to Data Nuggets, gotta love some null results :)
July 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If you’re at the SABER Annual Meeting, come find @datanuggets.bsky.social at our poster tomorrow! True to Data Nuggets, gotta love some null results :)
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Day 2 of our Walder Foundation and NSF sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was also a big success! We had preservice, middle, and high school teachers from throughout Chicago and from several other states. Huge thank you to @eschultheis.bsky.social @kjelvikm.bsky.social and Sam.
June 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Day 2 of our Walder Foundation and NSF sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was also a big success! We had preservice, middle, and high school teachers from throughout Chicago and from several other states. Huge thank you to @eschultheis.bsky.social @kjelvikm.bsky.social and Sam.
We’re so excited to be in Chicago this week to present Data Nuggets to a group of preservice, middle, and high school teachers! Thanks to Mike @mikegrillo.bsky.social and Lara at @loyolachicago.bsky.social for being such amazing hosts!
June 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We’re so excited to be in Chicago this week to present Data Nuggets to a group of preservice, middle, and high school teachers! Thanks to Mike @mikegrillo.bsky.social and Lara at @loyolachicago.bsky.social for being such amazing hosts!
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Day 1 of our Walder Foundation sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was a big success! Scientists from Loyola, the Field Museum and Chicago State built new Data Nuggets on prairie restoration, Anolis lizards, plant microbiomes, and endangered mice..and we caught a Cubs game!
June 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Day 1 of our Walder Foundation sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was a big success! Scientists from Loyola, the Field Museum and Chicago State built new Data Nuggets on prairie restoration, Anolis lizards, plant microbiomes, and endangered mice..and we caught a Cubs game!
Our #NSF grant, supporting a fruitful collaboration with the @cissyballen.bsky.social Lab, was terminated, along with over 1,600 others. We describe the impact of this loss in a press release here. datanuggets.org/2025/06/nsf-...
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our #NSF grant, supporting a fruitful collaboration with the @cissyballen.bsky.social Lab, was terminated, along with over 1,600 others. We describe the impact of this loss in a press release here. datanuggets.org/2025/06/nsf-...
We have enjoyed having graduate student, Samson Stynen, working with us this past year. Read more about his experience in this blog post! www.kbs.msu.edu/2025/05/data...
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June 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We have enjoyed having graduate student, Samson Stynen, working with us this past year. Read more about his experience in this blog post! www.kbs.msu.edu/2025/05/data...
Though our recent #NSF grant was terminated, the @datanuggets.bsky.social program still continues through support from the @kbslter.bsky.social and other sources! We're searching for future funding opportunities and will continue to help share authentic datasets and science stories with students!
June 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Though our recent #NSF grant was terminated, the @datanuggets.bsky.social program still continues through support from the @kbslter.bsky.social and other sources! We're searching for future funding opportunities and will continue to help share authentic datasets and science stories with students!
Want to learn more about Digital Data Nuggets on @dataclassroom.bsky.social? Check out this past webinar where we introduce the two programs and our collaboration!
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Past Workshop: Data Nuggets Workshop — DataClassroom
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June 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Want to learn more about Digital Data Nuggets on @dataclassroom.bsky.social? Check out this past webinar where we introduce the two programs and our collaboration!
about.dataclassroom.com/real-data-re...
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Digital Data Nugget! An activity in partnership with @datanuggets.bsky.social
Are firefly populates in Southwest Michigan in decline? Explore data from the longest running study of fireflies: about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-tea...
Are firefly populates in Southwest Michigan in decline? Explore data from the longest running study of fireflies: about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-tea...
Blinking Out? — DataClassroom
Are firefly populations in Southwest Michigan in decline?
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May 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Digital Data Nugget! An activity in partnership with @datanuggets.bsky.social
Are firefly populates in Southwest Michigan in decline? Explore data from the longest running study of fireflies: about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-tea...
Are firefly populates in Southwest Michigan in decline? Explore data from the longest running study of fireflies: about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-tea...
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DataClassroom Collection - 9 Great datasets to get students familiar with different graph types.
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#data #datascience #scienceteachers #graphs
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#data #datascience #scienceteachers #graphs
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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April 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
DataClassroom Collection - 9 Great datasets to get students familiar with different graph types.
about.dataclassroom.com/blog/nine-gr...
#data #datascience #scienceteachers #graphs
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#data #datascience #scienceteachers #graphs