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?

Come find Data Nuggets today at NABT for a Special Workshop starting at 12:30! #NABT2025

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

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...

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! datanuggets.org/search-curre... #studentresearch #scicomm #stemed #k12 #realdata

Here's the blog with all the deets about the competition 👇 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...

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

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! mailchi.mp/03135ab78bff...

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 :)

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!

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-...

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!

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...

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...

DataClassroom Collection - 9 Great datasets to get students familiar with different graph types. about.dataclassroom.com/blog/nine-gr... #data #datascience #scienceteachers #graphs

Digital data nugget in partnership with @datanuggets.bsky.social What is the role of nuptial feeding for paternal investment in the Hawaiian swordtail cricket? Check out the data in this digital data nugget here: about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-tea...

“The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas — hardly a partisan institution — finds that nondefense government R&D yields long-run economic returns of 150% to 300% …“Our findings therefore point to a misallocation of public capital, and substantial underinvestment in nondefense R&D.”

HAPPY 75th, NSF! We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond. Read on 🧵(1/11):

Knew it was coming but it still makes me mad. On Friday DOGE terminated our NSF grant supporting @datanuggets.bsky.social and an amazing collaboration to help encourage more students to pursue STEM careers. That’s $1M that would have went towards jobs, educators, and teaching kids data literacy.

Teachers! Check out this opportunity to win funding to help pay for conference costs, courtesy of our friends at @ncse.bsky.social! #EduSky #iteachbio 🧪

The HJ Andrews Forest is a long-term research site where the effects of timber harvest and forest regrowth are studied. Scientists are studying how the preferences of small birds, called warblers, give insight into how birds respond to these disturbances. 🪹🐦 #DNOTW datanuggets.org/home-sweet-h... 🧪

New DN! Caro analyzed data from a 30-year experiment to compare ag practices to see which ones increase soil carbon. Her work helps identify how to benefit both farmers and the planet. #EarthDay #edusky #DNOTW 🧪 @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social datanuggets.org/farms-in-the...

Opportunities to get involved with @datanuggets.bsky.social for both K-12 teachers and undergraduate instructors! #edusky 🧪 mailchi.mp/4de4911d7ee0...

Congratulations to our 2025 Huxley Award recipient, Dr. Elizabeth Schultheis, for her collection of education resources called Data Nuggets, created together with Dr. Melissa Kjelvik! Learn more here: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @datanuggets.bsky.social

Becky, who studies bluefin killifish, noticed that males found in springs with clear water have red or yellow fins, while males in swamps have blue fins. In this activity, explore data she collected to test the mechanism behind this pattern. #edusky #DNOTW 🧪 datanuggets.org/why-so-blue-1/

Undergrad biology instructors! Want to participate in a paid research study to test the impacts of highlighting scientist role models in instructional materials? We are looking for you! #edusky 🧪 See more information and apply here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... @cissyballen.bsky.social

Teaching chemistry and want to dive deeper into plastics? In “Working to reduce the plastics problem,” students learn about research where Nick and a team of undergrads tested biodegradable elastomers. #DNOTW #edusky 🧪 datanuggets.org/working-to-r...

🎉We're very excited to release "DataStreams: A crash course in #dataliteracy using stream ecology." This unit is the product of many months of development with scientists, teachers, artists & filmmakers. It's free for all thanks to NSF funding!🧪 www.galacticpolymath.com/lessons/en-U...

New DN Alert! Holly uses features on fossils to reconstruct the lifestyles of ancient animals. Learn how she compared a fossil to eyesocket sizes of living species to piece together whether the animal was nocturnal. @palaeophd.bsky.social #DNOTW #edusky #scicomm datanuggets.org/ancient-anim...

Q: How do we grow #dataliteracy skills? A: We worked with scientists to develop the PPSTT framework to help students make sense of graphs & figures. Part of a free unit for grades 9–uni; #openaccess thanks to NSF funding to Dr. Tom Luhring at WSU 🧪 #scicomm #edusky youtube.com/shorts/zDRqw...

If you are looking for ways to bring real research and data into your classroom, we have 140 free resources written by scientists who share their story and experiences in STEM! 🧪 Explore all of our activities here: datanuggets.org/view-in-sear... #edusky #scicomm #dataliteracy #k12

Ever since she was a kid, rivers have fascinated Leila. During graduate school, she wanted to test how a dam on the Kalamazoo River in Michigan is affecting the food chain. Come take a “Float Down the Kalamazoo River” to learn more! #DNOTW 🛶 datanuggets.org/float-down-t...

Congrats to Sam Stynen, grad student in the @nickhaddad.bsky.social lab and fellow with @datanuggets.bsky.social on his first teacher conference presenting Data Nuggets! He had a great turnout at #MSTA2025 and led teachers through a dataset looking at butterfly abundance in agricultural lands!

The long eye-stalks on male stalk-eyed flies are attractive to females. But do these elaborate traits make them more vulnerable to predators? In "How to escape a predator", explore how sexual selection and survival interact in this species. #DNOTW datanuggets.org/2015/10/how-...

In case you missed it, our Darwin Day webinar co-sponsored by NABT featuring Katie Hinde is now up on youtube - youtu.be/EHBNFCXIapw?... #DarwinDay2025

Media literacy is becoming more and more important! Give students repeated practice with @ncse.bsky.social's DataWISE program with media, data, and scientific literacy resources. You'll find ready-to-use activities and a tool for students that will help start conversations. ncse.ngo/datawise

Calling all Michigan #scienceteachers: Want to help your students become #DataWISE and understand #climatechange in their backyards? Then check out NCSE's sessions at the Michigan Science Teacher's Association conference 3/7. Register today: www.msta-mich.org/Annual-Confe... #MSTA2025 #TeacherEd

When featuring scientists in the classroom, what details are most effective for students? We found sharing humanizing information, such as hobbies & interests in & out of STEM, increases student's ability to relate & in turn, engagement. datanuggets.org/2025/02/more... @cissyballen.bsky.social

Our February newsletter just came out! Featuring our newest @datanuggets.bsky.social activities, upcoming conferences, and a blog post by our grad fellow, Sam Stynen sharing his ideas for teaching science in winter! mailchi.mp/d111f8980197...

Just like us, many animals have unique personalities! In grad school, Melissa studied young bluegill sunfish to see whether some were bolder than others and how this affected their growth and survival. #DNOTW datanuggets.org/2014/01/dang...

10 years after our first @datanuggets.bsky.social publication, our newest paper just came out! Check out the full list of papers exploring the efficacy of Data Nuggets, and the grants that have supported the program, on our research page here! datanuggets.org/research/

If you’re covering this topic in the classroom, pairing a Data Nuggets activity and local news stories like this is a great combination! datanuggets.org/2017/05/dead...

Does love make you hungry? Biz studied the benefits of nuptial feeding in Hawaiian swordtail crickets. Do males that bring females food boost their mating success and enhance egg production? #DNOTW #lifeislikeaboxofchocolates datanuggets.org/male-cricket...

Data Nuggets exist, and are free to use, because of funding from the NSF. www.npr.org/sections/sho...