Teaching High School Students to Evaluate Data Science Claims
Students often look at a flashy pie chart or a steep bar graph and accept the visual as absolute truth. They have a tendency to trust the image before they even consider the axes or the data source. This Evaluating Data Science Claims lesson for high school... read more
Tectonic Forces and the Ages of California’s Crust for High School
A few years ago, a student asked me how we could possibly know the earth is moving when everything we see outside seems so still. It is a fair question for any high school science class. We know the ground beneath us is active, but the scale of geological time and... read more
Teaching 4th grade readers to identify story details
Many fourth grade readers struggle to distinguish between interesting background information and the essential events that drive a story. By teaching students how to filter text for specific narrative indicators, you can improve their overall comprehension and help... read more