Thinking Big: Using computational thinking for data practices in high school science

Students often need to obtain, organize, clean, and analyze data in order to draw conclusions about a particular phenomenon (e.g., why tidal heights change). When conducting a science investigation in biology, chemistry, physics, or Earth science, data can be collected by the student or can be provided to them via secondary data sets. This article demonstrates how computational thinking and data practices can be merged to develop more effective science investigation lesson plans.