Professor Dave Explains
Accuracy and Precision for Data Collection
In science, we love data! But what are the rules of data collection? How accurate and how precise can we get with our data? What do these words even mean? Let's find out!
Curated Video
Measuring and Displaying Data with a Ruler and Line Plot
In this video, students are taught how to determine measurements when rulers do not begin with 0 and how to measure to the nearest fourth or half for more accurate measurements. The video also demonstrates how to plot the measurement...
Curated Video
Describing Data Distributions from Graphed Data
Describe a data distribution from a graph (spread direction, shape symmetric and gaps).
Curated Video
Labeling and Titling Graphs: Understanding Data Collection
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of labeling and titling graphs to accurately interpret the data. Using examples of bar graphs and picture graphs, the teacher demonstrates how incomplete labeling can lead to confusion....
TED Talks
TED: The vital data you flush down the toilet | Newsha Ghaeli
Everybody pees and poops — and we know that urine and stool contain a rich source of information on our health, says data detective Newsha Ghaeli. Exploring the growing field of wastewater epidemiology, she shows how studying sewage can...
SciShow
Great Minds: Tycho Brahe, the Astronomer With a Pet Elk
In the late 16th century, Tycho Brahe built an observatory on an island and collecting some of the most accurate data ever. He also lost his nose in a duel with a classmate -- over who was the better mathematician.
Curated Video
The Costs of Poor-Quality Data
This video explores the reasons that data management requires high-quality data. Viewers will come to understand that if data isn't 'fit for purpose,' collecting, storing, securing, and allowing access to it is wasted effort. Data...
Curated Video
Describing Data Distributions from Graphed Data (Example)
Describe a data distribution from a graph (spread direction, shape symmetric and gaps).
KERA
Counting Homeless Youth
Every year, volunteers from Youth Count comb the streets of Dallas looking for homeless youth. The group’s goal is to accurately count the number of young people living on the streets and collect data to help the city better meet their...
Curated Video
Understanding Earth's Climate: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
This video discusses the importance of studying climate change and the efforts being made through the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program to understand and predict climate patterns. The program utilizes monitoring equipment and...
Curated Video
Understanding Climate Change: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
This video discusses the importance of studying climate change and the efforts of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) to improve our understanding of the Earth's climate. Through the establishment of monitoring facilities...
Zach Star
What I Did During My Engineering Internship
This video covers my experience as an engineering intern. During this internship I had a summer long project that consisted of making a prototype of a handheld printer. My job was at a cubicle and I did work full time (from 9-5). Most of...
ProTeachersVideo
Hard To Teach - Secondary Science Using ICT: Investigating Acceleration with Year 9 Using Light Gates
Paul Preece at Camborne Science and Community College and his class of Year 9s investigate acceleration with the traditional trolley rolling experiment. Here the pupils use light gates to accurately capture the speed of the passing...
Mazz Media
Lab Safety: Making Careful Observations
In this live-action program viewers will learn that being able to make careful and accurate observations is the foundation of any lab based science class, such as chemistry, biology, or physics. Students will come to understand the...
Mazz Media
Making Careful Observations (Recording and Analyzing)
In this live-action program viewers will learn that being able to make careful and accurate observations is the foundation of any lab based science class, such as chemistry, biology, or physics. Students will come to understand the...
National Parks Service
Acadia National Park - Floating Classroom: Accuracy
These videos compliment the variety of water quality programs that occur in Acadia National Park. For teachers looking for good background information on water quality or those looking to attend the Floating Classroom field trip, this...
Curated Video
Introduction to Sampling in Statistics
New ReviewThis video introduces the concept of sampling in statistics by using relatable examples. It begins by explaining the challenge of collecting data from an entire population, such as residents in a town, and introduces sampling as a...
Science360
When Nature Strikes - Tornadoes
Tornadoes can form in minutes, making early and accurate warnings crucial to saving lives. Howard Bluestein at the University of Oklahoma and Adam Houston at the University of Nebraska are trying to understand why some storms produce...
Curated Video
Lab Safety: Making Observations
In this live-action program viewers will learn that being able to make careful and accurate observations is the foundation of any lab based science class, such as chemistry, biology, or physics. Students will come to understand the...
Curated Video
Making Careful Observations (Recording and Analyzing)
In this live-action program viewers will learn that being able to make careful and accurate observations is the foundation of any lab based science class, such as chemistry, biology, or physics. Students will come to understand the...
Curated Video
Using Line Plots to Solve Science Experiment Problems
This video lesson explains how to use line plots to solve problems and interpret data. It emphasizes the importance of organizing data and being accurate with spacing when creating line plots. The example used in the video involves a...
NASA
How a NASA Science Flight is No Ordinary Journey
A group of scientists and pilots conducted a series of science flights over Western Colorado for a new five-year NASA-led airborne mission called SnowEx. SnowEx is exploring better ways to measuring how much water is stored in...
Curated Video
Putting Pictures on a Graph
In this video, the teacher explains how to create a picture graph using a key. The example used is a bake sale where different types of cookies were sold. The teacher demonstrates how to represent the data visually on a graph, and...
Curated Video
Problem solving with numerical summaries of data
Pupil outcome: I can use my understanding of various data summaries to solve problems. Key learning points: - Stated conclusions should be critically evaluated to ensure validity. - Certain statistical summaries may be omitted in the...