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📊 Looking for ways to integrate data analysis into scientific inquiry?

TERC researchers Andee Rubin and Gillian Puttick, with collaborators, recently published “Using Existing Data to Investigate Ecosystem Change” in The Science Teacher. The article describes how ninth-grade students used real-world data to investigate the dramatic rise of wildebeest and buffalo populations in the Serengeti between 1960 and 1975. Along the way, students interpreted scatterplots, evaluated evidence, and developed explanations for ecosystem change.

The article also offers practical tips for teachers looking to incorporate data analysis into scientific sensemaking.

Read the publication:
https://hubs.la/Q04lh0gC0

Professional learning can be transformational when teachers help shape it.

TERC’s Climate and Equity Institute centers teacher expertise, collaboration, and inquiry — creating a growing community of educators leading change in climate and equity education.

Learn the 5 principles behind this work: https://hubs.la/Q04j4TmJ0