Melissa Kjelvik

Day 2 of our Walder Foundation and NSF sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was also a big success! We had preservice, middle, and high school teachers from throughout Chicago and from several other states. Huge thank you to @eschultheis.bsky.social @kjelvikm.bsky.social and Sam.

19.06.2025 14:02 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Day 1 of our Walder Foundation sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was a big success! Scientists from Loyola, the Field Museum and Chicago State built new Data Nuggets on prairie restoration, Anolis lizards, plant microbiomes, and endangered mice..and we caught a Cubs game!

18.06.2025 03:40 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

#SaveNSF #edusky 🧪

09.06.2025 20:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our #NSF grant, supporting a fruitful collaboration with the @cissyballen.bsky.social Lab, was terminated, along with over 1,600 others. We describe the impact of this loss in a press release here. datanuggets.org/2025/06/nsf-...

09.06.2025 20:00 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

Though our recent #NSF grant was terminated, the @datanuggets.bsky.social program still continues through support from the @kbslter.bsky.social and other sources! We're searching for future funding opportunities and will continue to help share authentic datasets and science stories with students!

03.06.2025 15:54 — 👍 32    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0

Pretty much every free lesson and video we've created has been funded by NSF. We are heartbroken for the labs that are losing funding, for the teachers and students that will miss out on future resources, & the American people who don't yet recognize what they will lose by defunding science🧪

26.04.2025 00:57 — 👍 42    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 0

Working to reduce the plastics problem ‣ Data Nuggets The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Level 3 PowerPoint of images Grading Rubric Plastics are materials that can be shaped easily and are used for many functions. This has ma...

Teaching chemistry and want to dive deeper into plastics? In “Working to reduce the plastics problem,” students learn about research where Nick and a team of undergrads tested biodegradable elastomers. #DNOTW #edusky 🧪 datanuggets.org/working-to-r...

04.04.2025 23:04 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Why so blue? The determinants of color pattern in killifish, Part I ‣ Data Nuggets The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 4 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 4 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 4 Reading Activity Grading Rubric In ...

Becky, who studies bluefin killifish, noticed that males found in springs with clear water have red or yellow fins, while males in swamps have blue fins. In this activity, explore data she collected to test the mechanism behind this pattern. #edusky #DNOTW 🧪
datanuggets.org/why-so-blue-1/

11.04.2025 22:05 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Recruitment instructors_IUSE2.docx Which elements of scientist role model stories are effective in improving equity and success in undergraduate STEM education? Interested? Fill out this poll! We are searching for undergraduate bio...

Undergrad biology instructors! Want to participate in a paid research study to test the impacts of highlighting scientist role models in instructional materials? We are looking for you! #edusky 🧪

See more information and apply here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

@cissyballen.bsky.social

08.04.2025 00:11 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0