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A collection of statistical data sets from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  Perfect for teaching Common Core Standards related to data analysis.   Use the free NCTM data analysis or spreadsheet app to work with the data.   

A really interesting "heat map" visualization showing which birth dates are most common.   What kind of writing could this inspire?  What is the next idea? Could students take another data set and create a map like this based upon birthdates in their own school?  Maybe with local weather data (which days have the most precipitation?) 

Online form building tool. It will store/compile your data take payment and much more. Although there is a monthly fee for a subscription, there is an option for a one month free trial that will allow you to build a few forms for free.

Actually, the free option is not a trial. You can have a free account that will allow up to 3 forms and 3 reports at the same time. There is no monthly cost for the free level account and there is no trial period. This is an example of a "freemium" service that offers a totally free basic service with the opportunity to upgrade to a subscription level premium account with additional features or capacity for a monthly fee.

This article outlines different ways journaling can be useful in elementary science classes.

Why not use Haiku for students to keep their journals? Discussions or Wikiprojects in Haiku could be used for this. In fact, the Bridge Building teams at Tupelo Middle School are using Wikiprojects to keep their journals, collect their data, and compose their portfolios for competition.

Good point. Wiki/discussion boards are great for students to converse back and forth and work collaboratively in groups, but there are a few advantages to the old fashioned type journal as well. Drawings as well as charts and graphs for science are sometimes more beneficial to student learning and expression when done on paper and pencil. Ultimately, you would want to have both. It is also important to note that with the software we have available on the Macs, you could use the Photo Booth to capture drawings and graph and upload them to Haiku/Wiki or wherever you were sharing/storing them electronically.