Data Jam with your students!
Try out one of Asombro’s many Data Jam lessons to help your students think deeper. Use one of the lessons and datasets below or use the Mini Data Jam video to work with any dataset relevant to your class!
Find out about the Desert Data Jam, an annual competition for 7th graders in the Las Cruces area.
Mini Data Jam - Middle and High School Data Challenge
Ready to get creative? Watch this video to learn how to transform data into creative projects to communicate with anyone about science.
Mini Data Jam is aligned with the following NGSS Dimensions.
Science and Engineering Practices:
Using Mathematical and Computational Thinking; Developing and Using Models; Analyzing and Interpreting Data; and Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Crosscutting Concepts:
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity; and Patterns
Mini Data Jam Datasets
These datasets were collected by scientists and community scientists to help understand the desert and how it is changing. Choose a dataset that you find interesting to use in your mini data jam!
Want to find data from your local community? Click here for national data resources.
Level 1 Datasets
Level 1 datasets are appropriate for upper elementary or middle school students and include data tables and graphs. Click on the links below to view the datasets.
Level 2 Datasets
Level 2 datasets are appropriate for middle and high school students and include data tables, but no graphs. Click on the links below to view the datasets.
Other Data Jam Lessons
The following lesson plans can also be found at Asombro.org/climate
Climate Data Jam: This lesson plan uses a dataset of historical and predicted future temperature and precipitation for every county in the contiguous U.S. Slides and worksheets allow you to walk students through the steps.
This lesson is part of the Climate Change and the Water Cycle Module
Wildfire Data Jam: This lesson plan uses a dataset of historical and predicted future wildfire risk for ecosystems of the Western U.S. Slides and worksheets allow you to walk students through the steps.
This lesson is part of the Climate Change and Wildfire Module
Water Conservation Data Jam: This lesson plan uses a dataset of water use in several categories (residential, agricultural…), available for every county in the U.S. Slides and worksheets allow you to walk students through the steps, including several optional activities for digging deeper into the data and moving beyond data to water conservation action.
This lesson is found in the Water Conservation Data Jam Module