All posts by Meghan McNamara

About Meghan McNamara

Meghan teaches science and reading & writing at the Lehman College Adult Learning Center. Last year she developed and taught a year-long course that used Rebecca Skloot’s THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS to build science literacy and confidence in STEM skills in women adult learners. Meghan also teaches robotics to middle-schoolers and previously was director of programs at Girls Write Now, a nationally-recognized writing and mentoring program for underserved NYC high school girls.

Connecting Environmental Data with Real Life

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Statistics for Action
· Appropriate for: Use in class · Available: Lessons, Texts/Readings, Problems · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

Statistics for Action aims to help adults understand how to read and interpret data, and shares resources with which to do that in a classroom or community setting.
The site is focused primarily on data about environmental issues, air pollution, toxins in our drinking water or soil, chemicals in our food.  Because of this, it is easy to draw connections from the materials to students’ lived experiences. Continue reading Connecting Environmental Data with Real Life →