Summary and Analysis Chart
Cape Cod Academy: Eleven Years of Test Garden Data

Summary of Data

Write sentences that describe what the graph reveals.

Words to Use

emerge date
months
weeks
compared
earliest
latest
similar/different
range
pattern

Example: The graph shows that in 2007 there was over 2 months between emerge and bloom dates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis of Data

Explore possible factors that might explain data patterns by posing hypotheses and asking questions.

 

Words to Use

wonder
weather
temperature
years
microclimate
factors
earliest
latest
similar/different
emerge
bloom
pattern

 

Example: Which microclimate factors played a role in when the different garden locations emerged and bloomed?