What Makes Them Tick? Middle School Data Science Explorations of Ticks and Lyme Disease

Abstract

One of the National Science Foundation’s 10 Big Ideas for the 21st century is “harnessing the data revolution”:

Keywords:

• Middle School
• Informal Education
• Instructional Materials
• STEM
• Technology

Acknowledgments

Data Clubs is a collaborative project led by Science Education Solutions (SCIEDS) and TERC in collaboration with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI). In addition to the authors, the following people have been instrumental in the project: Andee Rubin (co-PI), Traci Higgins, Tracey Wright, Leigh Peake, Elizabeth Osche, and Ada Ren.

The Data Clubs project is funded by the National Science Foundation, grant nos. DRL-1742255 and 1741989. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Notes on contributors section

Meggie Harvey ([email protected]) is a science curriculum specialist at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.

Jan Mokros ([email protected]) is a senior research scientist at Science Education Solutions.

Jacob Sagrans ([email protected]) is a senior research associate at Science Education Solutions.

Christine Voyer ([email protected]) is a science education program manager at Gulf of Maine Research Institute.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Meggie Harvey

Meggie Harvey ([email protected]) is a science curriculum specialist at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.

Jan Mokros

Jan Mokros ([email protected]) is a senior research scientist at Science Education Solutions.

Jacob Sagrans

Jacob Sagrans ([email protected]) is a senior research associate at Science Education Solutions.

Christine Voyer

Christine Voyer ([email protected]) is a science education program manager at Gulf of Maine Research Institute.