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Data Puzzles

Data Puzzles

Making sense with science

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Are you looking for ways to bring authentic and relevant scientific data into your classroom? You've come to the right place! Data Puzzles combine classroom-friendly scientific datasets with the research-backed pedagogical practices of Ambitious Science Teaching to give your students the ultimate inquiry-based learning experience.

We believe that students should learn science the same way scientists do - through exploration, discovery, and sense-making grounded in observations of the natural world. In a way, science is like a puzzle - the bigger picture is revealed after hunting for and putting the pieces together. Our planet is full of exciting and intriguing phenomena - invite them into your science classroom today!

If you have any questions, please email datapuzzles@colorado.edu.

Resources

Asynchronous Events

Asynchronous Event

Wind Farms of the Future

Middle and High school science teachers are invited to join us for this virtual workshop where we will provide strategies for facilitating "Wind Farms of the Future" data puzzle. Participants who complete and submit specified workshop tasks will receive a 3-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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It's All Connected

Middle and High school science teachers are invited to join us for this virtual workshop where we will provide strategies for facilitating "It's All Connected" data puzzle. Participants who complete and submit specified workshop tasks will receive a 3-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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To Reflect or Not to Reflect, That is the Question

Middle and High school science teachers are invited to join us for this virtual workshop where we will provide strategies for facilitating "To Reflect or Not to Reflect, That is the Question" data puzzle. Participants who complete and submit specified workshop tasks will receive a 3-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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