Practice correlating: Chlorophyll and phosphorus in lakes

Given lake water quality data students make a graph and explain how the graph supports or refutes a given hypothesis.

Details

Activity Type:

Mini-Lesson

Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

8, 9+

Subjects:

Earth Science, Life Science

Topics:

Analyzing and interpreting data, Earth's Systems, Energy and Matter in Systems, Engaging in argument from evidence, Human Impacts, Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems, Stability and Change of Systems

Statistical Concepts:

Correlation

Skills:

analyzing data, argument, Correlations, Graph choice, graphing data, interpreting data, representing data, using math in science

Graph Types:

Scatter plot

Standards:

Practice 4

Analyzing and interpreting data

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