THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

The time-efficient puzzles—each taking approximately one 50-minute period to complete—can be the beginning of exciting, data-rich classroom experiences. “These authentic samples of data taken by real scientists give students several benefits: a real sense of what scientists do, an understanding of concepts to help students comprehend how the world works, and the experience of synthesizing that conceptual understanding from numbers. It’s hard to go wrong with this approach to teaching science.”