Data Facets: Life Science

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Mini Lesson 5 (PRAC) Bald Eagles

Use this lesson to have your students practice interpreting a line graph and making a claim about change over time. The graph shows the trend in the Bald Eagle population in Maine between 1990 and 2007, when this well-known bird was removed from the protection of the US Endangered Species Act.

Mini Lesson 4 (PRAC) US Milk Production

Use this lesson to have your students practice interpreting a scatter plot and writing a claim using the evidence in the graph. The graph uses 2010 milk production data from the US Department of Agriculture.

Mini Lesson 3 (PRAC) Maine Lake Fish

Are there more fish species in warm lakes or cold lakes? Use this mini lesson to practice comparing groups within a dataset.

Mini Lesson 3 (PRAC) Chromosome Number - Plants and Animals

Do animals or plants have more chromosomes? How does chromosome number compare among different species of plants and animals? Use this mini lesson to practice making generalizations based on a frequency plot, which you will construct to compare groups within the given dataset.

Loon Data

Mercury concentrations in blood and feather samples of banded loons from NY and ME lakes. Data collected and generously provided by the BioDiversity Research Institute.

Lake Fish Data

How many fish do you think you would catch if you went fishing in a Maine lake? What factors might determine your success? Perhaps you'll want to look at this dataset before you head out to the shore or in a boat!

Predator and Prey Data

How do populations of snowshoe hare and lynx change over time? Use this dataset to understand this predator-prey relationship.

Reaction Time Class Data

Does talking on a cell phone while driving really slow down your reaction time? A group of students tested that question – here is their data.

Midge Data

Have you ever seen or been bitten by a midge (a cousin of the black fly)? How would you know? When midges were first discovered, two biologists working in Brazil did some important work to help identify the different types of these tiny biting insects. Check out this data set to see if midges really do have distinguishing features.