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| Title | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
 Guide to using wet weight and dry weight data |
A guide for estimating the converstion from wet weight to dry weight data | Teacher instructionals & primers |
 Begin with the Mini Lesson Overview |
An outline of all the parts of the mini lessons and the key statistical concepts they incorporate. | Teacher instructionals & primers, Data activity (file), Data literacy instructionals |
 Think statistically and ask statistical questions (One versus Many) |
Slide presentation introducing the idea of measuring more than one thing, and expecting variability in a group of measurements. | Teacher instructionals & primers, Data literacy instructionals |
| Language for asking questions |
Handout with sample phrasings for questions about variability, comparing groups, correlations and time series. | Teacher instructionals & primers, Data activity (file), Data literacy instructionals |
| What Kind of Graph Should I Make? |
Slide presentation describing how to decide what kind of graph to make. | Teacher instructionals & primers, Data literacy instructionals |
| What Kind of Question Am I Asking? |
Slide presentation overview of three kinds of questions students are likely to ask: Compare groups, correlation, time series. | Teacher instructionals & primers, Data literacy instructionals |
| Show and Describe Variability |
Slide presentation about language for describing variability. | Teacher instructionals & primers, Data literacy instructionals |
| Anatomy of a box plot |
Slide presentation explaining the anatomy of a box and whisker plot, how to use them to compare two groups, and useful vocabulary. | Teacher instructionals & primers, Data literacy instructionals |
| Snow collection methods presentation |
A presentation on snow and collecting snow (from the nitrogen project kick-off meeting) | Teacher instructionals & primers |
 Teacher ful dataset from TIEE |
Excel spreadsheets of data for the assignment in "Nitrogen- too much of a good thing" lesson. | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Teacher packet from TIEE |
Longer, more detailed information for the "Nitrogen- too much of a good thing" lesson. | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Guide to accessing streamflow data |
A guide for getting data from the USGS streamflow website | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Nitrogen-Guide to hypothesis brainstorming |
Teaching notes for brainstorming for developing research questions and hypotheses | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Nitrogen project kick-off: presentation |
Background on Nitrogen and nitrogen in forested watersheds (from the nitrogen project kick-off meeting) | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Toxic Release Inventory worksheet answers |
Teacher version of the US EPA TRI on_site releases for electric utilities, for mercury and mercury compounds by state, 2007. | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Nitrogen field datasheet explained |
A guide to how to fill out the field data sheet | Teacher instructionals & primers |
 Box-and-Whisker Plot template for Numbers |
A template for creating box and whisker plots in Numbers | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Mercury in the environment-some answers |
A guide to some factors affecting bioavailability, biomagnification and bioaccumulation of mercury. | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Activity A-Reflections assessment answers |
Answers to the assessment used with the "Why do we Care about Mercury?" lesson. | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| TRI map (answer sheet) |
Teacher version of the map of US EPA TRI on_site releases for electric utilities, for mercury and mercury compounds by state, 2007. | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Snowpack project Lesson 1, Assignment 1: Broader contexts for snow TEACHER EDITION |
Teacher instructionals & primers | |
| Snowpack project Lesson 2 Assignment 2: Snowpack profiling TEACHER EDITION |
Snowpack project Lesson 2 Assignment 2: Snowpack profiling TEACHER EDITION | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Snowpack project Lesson 2 Assignment 3: Calculating snow density TEACHER EDITION |
Snowpack project Lesson 2 Assignment 3: Calculating snow density TEACHER EDITION | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Snowpack project Lesson 2 Assignment 1: Atmospheric profiles for snow TEACHER EDITION |
Snowpack project Lesson 2 Assignment 1: Atmospheric profiles for snow TEACHER EDITION | Teacher instructionals & primers |
| Guiding students to hypotheses |
Several approaches for guiding students to develop hypotheses. | Teacher instructionals & primers |