Data Tales
Is there a best way to communicate scientific data? In this lesson students will participate in a variety of activities to use storytelling to communicate complex data sets. The lesson starts with opinion polling, a group storytelling activity and ends with the students creating their own stories to describe a scientific data set and reviewing their peers’ stories. Students will learn to think critically about scientific data and then communicate their understanding to a broad audience by telling the story of their data.
Authors: Alia Thompson, Lindsay Knippenberg, Alex Lockwood; EARTH 2014
Lesson Resources
- Lesson Plan
- Telling Science Stories
- Analyzing Science Stories Worksheet
- Data Sets
- Cat Comparison Articles
- Story Rollercoaster
- Scientific Storytelling Rubric (Word | PDF)
- Choose Your Own Adventure Story Map
Products
- Data repository
- Image gallery
- Video library
- Creature feature
- Deep-sea wallpapers
- Seminars
- Research software
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- Video Annotation and Reference System
- Oceanographic Decision Support System
- MB-System seafloor mapping software
- Matlab scripts: Linear regressions
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- Introduction to Model I and Model II linear regressions
- A brief history of Model II regression analysis
- Index of downloadable files
- Summary of modifications
- Regression rules of thumb
- Results for Model I and Model II regressions
- Graphs of the Model I and Model II regressions
- Which regression: Model I or Model II?
- Matlab scripts: Oceanographic calculations
- Matlab scripts: Sound velocity
- Visual Basic for Excel: Oceanographic calculations
- Educational resources
- Publications
- Sample archive
