The
following activities accompany this week's topic:
Making
Sense of Data
1)
Science Journals: Core Questions to Help Students
Make Sense of Data
Each week, the sunrise/sunset data and graph reveal something
unique about each Mystery Class, which distinguishes one from
another.
 After
your students have calculated and graphed that data, ask them
the questions below. You may want to first give students time
to explore and write about the questions in their science
journals before discussing their answers with one another
or as a class.
-
What do you know about the Mystery Classes from the photoperiods
so far?
- What
does the graph show you?
- How
are the ten sites different from each other? How are they
Similar?
-
How does your hometown photoperiod compare?
- Do
you think you will know anything more next week after you
receive more data to graph? Please explain.
More
about Journaling Questions
2) Lesson: Math Skills
It's About Time! Everyone knows a yardstick measures length
in units of inches or centimeters. And a scale measures weight
in units such as grams or ounces. But how do you measure time?
What tools would you use? What different units?
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