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Candy investigation/ Candy Circle graphs |
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How many M & M's are there in this mystery bag? The challenge is to come up with an educated guess based on data analysis. |
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6 |
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Data Analysis |
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SS |
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Climate in NJ |
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What's the temperature usually like in September? |
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6 |
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Data Analysis |
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Website |
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Cost of mailing a letter |
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How much does it cost to mail a letter given the weight. Use Excel to graph and answer the question. |
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6 |
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Data Analysis |
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SS |
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Estimating Heights |
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In a letter professor Sanders asks your class: Is there a way to predict the height of a person by just knowing the length of the radius bone? Your students will need to do some measurements to find out. |
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7 |
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Data Analysis |
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Fat Cat Activity |
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" Is the heaviest cat always the fattest cat? Why or Why not? Compare Blob with ""Lean and Mean"". Which one is the fatter cat? Why?" |
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7 |
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Data Analysis |
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SS |
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How Far was your Trip? |
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Today we are going to find out who traveled the average distance to get to this workshop. First we'll start off with a guess. What do you think is the average distance that the members of this group traveled today? |
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8 |
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Data Analysis |
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Web tools |
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Olympics Activity |
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Are we faster, stronger, better than we used to be? |
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8 |
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Data Analysis |
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SS |
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Shoe size vs. Height |
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Do taller people have larger feet? In this activity you will use a spreadsheet and the length of your feet and height to help you find out. |
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7 |
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Data Analysis |
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SS |
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Spiros |
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Whumpus, Whimsy or Gloop? Which Creature is it? |
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6, 7 |
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Data Analysis |
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MW |
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Temperature - USA |
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Look at a USA Today Weather page. It shows a map of the United States color coded according to temperature. Based on the temperature bands you see, what kinds of conclusions can you make about temperature patterns on this map? |
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7 |
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Data Analysis |
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