Introducing NEW HF DATA NUGGET: Into A Tree's World

We are SUPER EXCITED to announce the publication of Harvard Forest's second Data Nugget!!

Thanks to Quabbin Regional High School Teacher,  Elicia Andrews,  and Harvard Forest Ecologist, Neil Pederson, co-authors of this structured learning activity connecting tree ring data with climate change.  

 Window-into-a-trees-world DATA NUGGET

This is a Free lesson plan with a bunch of related teacher resources that has been vetted and formatted by the super talented Data Nuggets staff.

You will find 3 levels of a graphing activity for students, that was piloted by Elicia Andrews at the 9th grade level, along with a PowerPoint Presentation, Grading Rubric, and some related videos. This content is related to the research of Harvard Forest Ecologist, Neil Pederson and Jessie K. Pearl of the Univ. of Arizona, along with Laboratory Technician, Tessa Mandra. Elicia worked along side of Undergraduate students (REUs) from Neil's Tree Ring lab at Harvard Forest.

Clarisse Hart, Director of Education and Outreach, and Pamela Snow, Schoolyard Ecology Coordinator, supported Elicia with honing in on a focus, and providing feedback on educational goals and content along the way.

Elicia's work was supported by a Research Experience for Teachers (RET)  grant supplement provided by the National Science Foundation.  

Check  out this Data Nugget at:  

http://datanuggets.org/2019/12/window-into-a-trees-world/

Request the Teacher Guide at:

http://datanuggets.org/requesting-teacher-guides/

More about Neil Pederson's Research at Harvard Forest: 

Pederson Research Profile

 

Meet the Scientists Behind the Data Nugget...as highlighted on  Data Nuggets Website.

What Other Teachers Say about this Data Nugget:  

The Data Nuggets Team has added this "Teacher Feature" to their website based on Teacher, Karen Murphy's feedback on this Data Nugget. 

Check out this Teacher Feature on the Data Nugget website at: 

Data Nuggets.org.teacher-feature-Karen-Murphy

Samples of What You Can Create Using Tableau at Data Workshop

Choate Rosemary Hall Teacher, Joe Scanio, is ready to teach you how to use a new tool for Schoolyard Data Representation 

Introducing Tableau; A Breakout Group for Level 2 and 3 Schoolyard Teachers at Looking at Data Workshop, January 9th

Learn about the benefits for using Tableau to create  spatial representations of data as well as for bar graphs, and scatter plots.  

 Map by J. Scanio showing Our Changing Forest Field Sites: 

•   Average Stand Density by shades of blue
•   Average Carbon Biomass by size of dot

Bar Graph of Land Use Type ( Edge, Natural or unidentified) by J. Scanio

Average Carbon Biomass by Stand Density  Scatter Plot by J. Scanio

To sign up for Joe's Tableau Break out group at the upcoming Looking at Data Workshop at Harvard Forest on January 9, 2020,  email Pamela at:  psnow@fas.harvard.edu

See more of Joe Scanio's work with Tableau at:

Using Tableau and ARC GIS to represent Schoolyard Eco Data.Scanio.2019.pdf