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Welcome to Infographics! A Toolkit to Get You Started

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Infographics in the Classroom Teacher Toolkit
· Appropriate for: Building teacher background knowledge, Use in class, For student independent work · Available: Lessons, Texts/Readings, Videos · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 2 = engaging

Infographics are everywhere and our students need to develop literacy skills to make sense of them. This resource is a very good way to kickstart an exploration of infographics in your classroom and one you will keep going back to throughout the year.

The California Academy of Sciences has put together an Infographics in the Classroom Teacher Toolkit that employs infographics as a way “for students to practice key science literacy skills”.  If you are new to infographics and would like to know what they are and how to use them in the classroom, this is a great place to start!  Continue reading Welcome to Infographics! A Toolkit to Get You Started →

Connecting Environmental Data with Real Life

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Statistics for Action
· Appropriate for: Use in class · Available: Lessons, Texts/Readings, Problems · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

Statistics for Action aims to help adults understand how to read and interpret data, and shares resources with which to do that in a classroom or community setting.
The site is focused primarily on data about environmental issues, air pollution, toxins in our drinking water or soil, chemicals in our food.  Because of this, it is easy to draw connections from the materials to students’ lived experiences. Continue reading Connecting Environmental Data with Real Life →