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Analyzing and interpreting data
Mini Lesson 3 (PRAC) High Tides
Use this mini lesson with your students to practice interpreting and describing box plots.
Types of Instruction:
- Data Practice
Grades:
- 6, 7, 8
Subjects:
- Life Science, Physical Science
Topics:
- Earth's Surface Systems, Energy and Matter in Systems, Waves
Statistical Concepts:
- Group comparison, Variability
Skills:
- Comparing groups
Graph Types:
- Box plot
Standards:
Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation
Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation
Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.
Asking questions and defining problems
Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
Scale, proportion, and quantity
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.