Working with Real Data
GeneralAustralian dataBioinformatics: Australian Butterflies, Snakes, Frogs, Mammals and Lizards on the Web - The Victorian Fauna - from Museum Victoria, Victorian data but good example for students to follow
http://museumvictoria.com.au/bioinformatics/Deep Space in the Classroom - an online guide to teaching astronomy and physics using archive material from the Faulkes Telescopes, from Macquarie University
http://www.astronomy.mq.edu.au/deepspace/Using Data in the Classroom: A Site for Educators and Resource Developers - from Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
http://serc.carleton.edu/usingdata/Data in the Classroom - includes Water Quality, Sea Level and El Nino, from Data in the Classroom, NOAA Ocean Data Education (NODE) Project
http://www.dataintheclassroom.org/Investigating El Nino Using Real Data - from Data in the ClassroomChesSIE: Chesapeake Science on the Internet for Educators - from Virginia Institute of Marine Science
http://www.dataintheclassroom.org/content/el-nino/index.html
http://www.bayeducation.net/Eyes on the Bay - Recent Water and Habitat Conditions in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Bays, from Maryland Department of Natural resources
http://mddnr.chesapeakebay.net/eyesonthebay/index.cfmEarthScope - an Earth Science Program to Explore the Structure and Evolution of the North American Continent and Understand Processes Controlling Earthquakes and Volcanoes, from Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), and Stanford University
http://www.earthscope.org/NSW DataClimate Data Online - from Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/Data Online - from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
http://www.aihw.gov.au/dataonline.cfmRisk factor prevalence data - from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
http://www.aihw.gov.au/dataonline/riskfactors/index.cfmCancer Data Online - including Excel Tables, from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare http://www.aihw.gov.au/cancer/data/index.cfm
Australian trends in life expectancy - from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
http://www.aihw.gov.au/mortality/life_expectancy/trends.cfmThe Health of the People of New South Wales: Report of the New South Wales Chief Health Officer - from New South Wales Health
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/toc/National Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2006 - contains data that could be used to create charts in Excel, see Appendices and graphs for interpretation, from Department of Climate Change, Australia
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/inventory/2006/pubs/inventory2006.pdfWorld dataDaily river reports - from NSW Water Information
http://waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/drr/Individual storage reports - of NSW dams, from NSW Water Information
http://waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/sr/index-storage-weekly.shtmlReading and Interpreting GraphsGapminder - allows the user to create interctive charts of world wide data on topics such as health, environment, energy use, from Gapminder
http://www.gapminder.org/HIV/AIDS country information - from World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/hiv/countries/en/index.htmlData and statistics - from World Health Organization, e.g. download Causes of death [xls 3.03Mb] Excel Spreadsheet
http://www.who.int/research/en/Astronomical Information - compute your own Sunrise/Sunset times, Moonrise/Moonset times & your onn Sun and Moon Azimuth & Elevation, from Geoscience Australia
http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/astro/Recent Earth-asteroid encounters - from Space Weather site
http://www.spaceweather.com/The World Factbook - from Central Intelligence Agency, data on health, environment, GDP, land use, water resources
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.htmlNationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/countriesStatistics - from NationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/statisticsFree Lesson Plans - from NationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/lps/intro.phpGeography Statistics - Natural hazards (most recent) by country - from NationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/geo_nat_haz-geography-natural-hazardsExamples of charts and graphsHow to prepare and interpret graphs and charts - from Department of Psychology, DePaul University
http://condor.depaul.edu/~dallbrit/extra/isp120/How-to-prepare-a-graph.docHuman Activity and Climate Change - lesson plan on interpreting charts from The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_4_2_20t.htmReading and Interpreting Graphs Worksheet - worksheet in pdf from Gale Schools
http://www.galeschools.com/research_tools/pdf/HSWorksheet.pdfPast Climate Change - from US Environmental Protection AgencyCreating graphs and Charts
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/pastcc.htmlAt-a-glance: Climate change - evidence and predictions - from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/sci_nat_climate_change___evidence_and_predictions/html/1.stmCreateAGraph - from National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
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