Professional Learning

A 'Behind the Puzzles' piece, which illustrates the goals and process of a study tracking flowering times of alpine species of plants. Interview provided courtesy of Dr. Meredith Zettlemoyer of the University of Montana's Plant Ecology Lab.

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In this video, middle school science teacher Erin Mayer describes how she engaged her students with the Eliciting Students' Ideas practice in the context of the "Tracing Carbon Through the Arctic Food Web" Data Puzzle. Note that Erin used this Data Puzzle as part of a larger learning expedition (unit).

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In this video, middle school science teacher Erin Mayer describes how she engaged her students with the Identifying Important Science Ideas practice in the context of the "Tracing Carbon Through the Arctic Food Web" Data Puzzle. Note that Erin used this Data Puzzle as part of a larger learning expedition (unit).

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In this video, middle school science teacher Erin Mayer describes how she engaged her students with the Constructing Evidence-Based Explanations practice in the context of the "Tracing Carbon Through the Arctic Food Web" Data Puzzle. Note that Erin used this Data Puzzle as part of a larger learning expedition (unit).

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In this video, middle school science teacher Erin Mayer describes how she engaged her students with the Supporting Ongoing Changes in Thinking practice in the context of the "Tracing Carbon Through the Arctic Food Web" Data Puzzle. Note that Erin used this Data Puzzle as part of a larger learning expedition (unit).

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In this Data Puzzle, students will engage with an interactive reading before analyzing authentic datasets to discover how and why the number of megafires has changed over time

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In this Data Puzzle, students engage with an interactive reading before analyzing and interpreting authentic datasets to discover that rising temperatures increase the reproductive success of moss campion up to a certain point, the tipping point, beyond which the plant's reproductive rates dramatically decline! The results of this study inspire many other interesting questions, What does this mean for the rest of the tundra ecosystem? And what other climate "tipping points" should we be aware of?

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In this Data Puzzle, students will engage with an interactive reading before analyzing authentic datasets to discover how and why the number of megafires has changed over time.

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