Pedagogy of teaching with large datasets: Designing and implementing effective data-based activities.

Integrating the use of large datasets into our teaching provides critical and unique opportunities to build students' skills and conceptual knowledge. Here, we discuss the core components needed to develop effective activities based on large datasets, which align with the 5E learning cycle. Data-based activities should be structured around a relevant question, use authentic publicly accessible data, be scaffolded to include choice, and involve discussion of the results.