Chemistry is the study of matter. Our understanding of chemical processes thus depends on our ability to acquire accurate information about matter. Often, this information is quantitative, in the form of measurements. In this lab, you will be introduced to some common measuring devices, and learn how to use them to obtain correct measurements, each with correct precision. A metric ruler will be used to measure length in centimeters (cm).

The purpose of this resource is explain Research Data Management (RDM) in a data intensive research landscape.

This is a video clip of 1 min 36 seconds showing how to measure noise levels at a work place. You may use this video if you teach in occupational health about how to measure noise.

This supplemental resource provides problems and activities related to Data Analysis and Statistics in Middle School Mathematics.

"Learning Data Ethics for Data Sharing" is an Open Educational Resource (OER) for library students, data librarians, or researchers interested in learning how to ethically share data into data repositories. Often DEIA topics are discussed in terms of data collection or in regards to public use of data; this work attempts to target responsible ethics at the process that is occurring while preparing to share data, with the goal of creating FAIR access to the data and reusability for future research.

Additional documentation is available at https://osf.io/cb3sa/.

How big and how old is the universe? This culminating telescope investigation for high school students has them first taking images of galaxies near and far; then measuring and calculating their distances; then predicting how they might expect galaxies to be moving based on various models of gravity; and then comparing their results with the galaxy velocity measurements in a NASA database. From this data, students explore the concept of an expanding universe and can actually determine an estimate for the age of our universe. This activity is part of a DVD that is a professional development resource for educators. Many new astronomy learners, students and adults alike, are unfamiliar with the universe beyond the solar system. Instructions for obtaining the DVD and registering for the professional development workshop are contained on the website.

Data talks are short 5-10 minute classroom discussions to help students develop data literacy. This pedagogical strategy is similar in structure to a number talk, but instead of numbers students are shown a data visual and asked what interests them.

As technology continues to grow, so does access to data.  Teaching students methods to analyze this data, identify trends, and weed out useful information is a 21st century skill that is lacking in many classrooms. This lesson will help students tackle the world of Big Data through the use of basic commands in Python which allows them to complete a one-variable data analysis determining statistical summaries and  generate box plots, histograms and scatter plots.

This lesson is designed to teach students to measure angles with a protractor. The student will be taught how to read the protractor correctly by using either the top or bottom set of numbers. The lesson will reinforce classifying angles as acute, right, and obtuse. The student will sketch angles given a specified measure. This lesson results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.

This is a lab activity that allows students to collect data to practice using effective measurement. While other authors have produced similar labs, this version includes uncertainty analysis consistent with effective measurement technique as presented in the module Measurement and Uncertainty.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of measurement of angles.

There are several important elements to digital preservation, including data protection, backup and archiving. In this lesson, these concepts are introduced and best practices are highlighted with case study examples of how things can go wrong. Exploring the logistical, technical and policy implications of data preservation, participants will be able to identify their preservation needs and be ready to implement good data preservation practices by the end of the module.

In this lesson, students will measure spaces in the outdoor classroom in metric units recorded as decimals and compare the measurements.

Students will learn about the Transit of Venus through reading a NASA press release and viewing a NASA eClips video that describes several ways to observe transits. Then students will study angular measurement by learning about parallax and how astronomers use this geometric effect to determine the distance to Venus during a Transit of Venus. This activity is part of the Space Math multimedia modules that integrate NASA press releases, NASA archival video, and mathematics problems targeted at specific math standards commonly encountered in middle school textbooks. The modules cover specific math topics at multiple levels of difficulty with real-world data and use the 5E instructional sequence.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about single object length ii (english units).

This Library Carpentry lesson introduces archivists to working with data. At the conclusion of the lesson you will: be able to explain terms, phrases, and concepts in code or software development; identify and use best practice in data structures; use regular expressions in searches.

This activity utilizes randomly oriented strain markers created in Illustrator to estimate strain by measuring angular strain and lengths of lines, calculating shear strain, defining and orienting the principal strain axes, calculating stretching, and creating a Mohr Strain diagram using measurements as well as the strain equations.

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