Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Database Administrator
With so much data gathered on the computer, someone needs to be able to organize it. That falls to the database administrator. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a database administrator , as well as the...
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Terc: Online Science Athon: Find Out How Tall You Are
Create a Measuring Day at your school and teach your students how to use simple tools to gather, discuss and analyze their own data. This step-by-step lesson plan helps you design an unforgettable day for you and your students. Links to...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Investigation Set Up and Collect Data
A brief overview of how to gather both quantitative and qualitative data, complete with a sample data table.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Biocomplexity: The New Bioscience Frontier
Embrace biocomplexity as a newer concept in science. Discover why it might be important to merge data from very diverse studies and analyze them.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Cool Jobs: Wet and Wild Weather
How's the weather? Forecasts rely on scientists and engineers who collect and interpret data gathered on the ground, in the sky and way up in space.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fitting Models to Data
[Free Registration/Login Required] A basic premise of science is that much of the physical world can be described mathematically and many physical phenomena are predictable. This scientific outlook took place in Europe during the late...
NASA
Nasa: The Ups and Downs of Ozone
Scientists look at the efforts to decrease ozone depletion in this news story from the year 2000. Maps and photos. Links to other ozone data-gathering sites. (June 26, 2000)
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Charting the Weather
During this lesson, students will gather data from temperature and water gauges set up on the playground to learn about weather patterns. Then students will build a spreadsheet with data related to temperature, wind direction and amount...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quiz: What Are Disciplines?
Test your knowledge on different disciplines and how they are distinguished from one another based on the questions scholars ask, and the methods by which they gather and analyze data.
Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: Reconstructors: A Plaguing Problem
Online adventure game consisting of five consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. Episodes should be played in order; however, they can be...