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| Title | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data | Make a dot plot to show how long hurricanes in 2005 tended to last. | Data activity |
| Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data | Make a dot plot to show how variable the windspeeds of hurricanes in 2005 were. | Data activity |
| Practice describing variability with tide height data | Examine the variability of real data from Bar Harbor to decide if all tides rise to the same height. | Data activity |
| Practice correlating with precipitation data | Interpret frequency plots to compare the monthly rainfall in Greenville and at Acadia. | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups with Belfast temperature data | Interpret box plots and compare group using NOAA temperature data from Belfast, Maine. | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups with Cell Phone data | Compare cell phone use in North America, Europe and Africa using box plots. | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups: Chromosome Number data | Compare the numbers of chromosomes in plant and animal species. Do animal species tend to have more chromosome pairs? | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups with Gas Price data | Use this mini lesson to practice interpreting frequency plots of gas price data. | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups with high tide data | Use this mini lesson with your students to practice interpreting and describing box plots. | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups: House Insulation and Temperature data | Use the graph choice chart and make a graph comparing temperature measurements from inside and outside an old Maine house. | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups: Maine lake fish data | Use this mini lesson to practice using dot plots to comparing group within a fish species dataset. | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups with midge data | Practice using frequency plots to compare groups using a midge data set. | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups: Reaction Time data | Compare groups of reaction times measured while paying attention and while texting | Data activity |
| Practice comparing groups with AM and PM tide height data | Interpret variability among box plots of tide height to determine if the tide is higher in the morning or the evening. | Data activity |
| Practice correlating with Glass Eel data | Practice making graphs that show correlations between fish weight and the amount of mercury in adult eels and in baby glass eels. | Data activity |
| Practice correlating: House Insulation and Temperature data | Practice graphing the correlation between wintertime outside temperature and temperature inside a house. | Data activity |
| Practice correlating: Pen Bay Buoy Air-Water Temperature data | Practice using a scatter plot to determine if water and air temperature in Penobscot Bay are correlated. | Data activity |
| Practice correlating with Tide Extreme data | When high tide is extremely high, is the low tide that day extremely low? | Data activity |
| Practice correlating with US milk production data | 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. | Data activity |
| Practice time series with Bald Eagle data | Practice interpreting a line graph and making a claim about change over time using Bald Eagle population data in Maine between 1990 and 2007. | Data activity |
| Practice time series with earthquake data | Practice interpreting time series graphs using earthquakes data. | Data activity |
| Practice time series with Gas Price data | Construct a time series graph using gas price data from the US and European countries. | Data activity |
| Practice time series: House Insulation and Temperature data | Practice drawing a line graph to show how the temperatures inside and outside an old Maine house changes through time? | Data activity |
| Practice time series with Moon Phase data | Interpret a line graph to describe how moon phases change over time. | Data activity |
| Practice time series: Pen Bay Buoy Air-Water Temperature data | Interpret a time series graph that shows how air and water temperatures in Penobscot Bay change over the course of a week in October. | Data activity |