Open Educational Datasets Pilot

The primary outcome of this work will be a web-based hub for open educational datasets and related learning resources. The data sources will be structured around critical issues or driving questions that K-12 classrooms might explore. A pilot version of the hub will be completed by 6/28/2023 in order to share the resource with K-12 teachers and seek feedback. The pilot website will focus on datasets and educational resources around climate change, elections, and criminal justice. Where possible, users will have the option to include demographic data in any data set. Demographic data may come from several federal, state, and local agencies, such as the Census Bureau and others (see http://www.insidepolitics.org/states.html).

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Extreme Weather in U.S.

Field: Climate Change and Environment
Topic: Weather Disasters

Depth 0

Dataset name: storm_L0.csv
Dataset dimensions: 73 observations of 6 variables
Dataset size: 3KB
Level of aggregation: National, Year
Link to the static dataset: storm_L0.csv
Instructional materials: Educator-Facing_Datasheet_Extreme_Weather_Level_0

Depth 1

Dataset name: storm_L1.csv
Dataset dimensions: 3892 observations of 7 variables
Dataset size: 133KB
Level of aggregation: State*, Year
Link to the static dataset: storm_L1.csv
Instructional materials: Educator-Facing_Datasheet_Extreme_Weather_Level_1

* We kept the variable name as it is in the original data sets (from NCEI/NOAA); however, “state” could be renamed to “region” since it refers to 63 regions [KTW to add list].

Depth 2

Dataset name”: storm.csv
Dataset dimensions: 1,794,711 observations of 47 variables
Dataset size: 1.38GB
Level of aggregation: None
Link to the dataset: storm.csv

Data can be filtered by the user’s choices as described below:
Selection made by a dropdown menu with check-in boxes so that the user can get year intervals, for example) Suggested filters (can be requested in combination):

• YEAR
  • All years
  • Individual years (multiple years can be selected)
• STATE
  • All states
  • Individual states (multiple states can be selected)
• EVENT TYPE
  • All event types
  • Individual event types (multiple event types can be selected)

Instructional materials: Educator-Facing_Datasheet_Extreme_Weather

Depth 3

• NOAA’s data and exploratory tools provide access to data on destructive storms and other severe weather.
• FEMA’s data delivery platform provides datasets to the public in open, industry standard, machine-readable formats.
• EM-DAT, the International Disaster Database, catalogs the occurrence and effects of over 22,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to the present day
• CDC, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the official government source of cause of death in the United States, including weather-related fatalities.
• See also the 80-Year List of Severe Weather Fatalities, provided by the National Weather Service (link also available here)