Practice asking questions with balloon ascent data

Determine the types of statistical questions that can be asked with paired sample data from balloon ascent records.

Details

Activity Type:

Mini-Lesson

Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Earth's Surface Systems, Weather and Climate

Statistical Concepts:

Correlation, Statistical questions, Variability

Graph Types:

Frequency plot, Line graph, Scatter plot

Standards:

Practice 1

Asking questions and defining problems

Practice 4

Analyzing and interpreting data

Practice 8

Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting 1

Patterns

Crosscutting 3

Scale, proportion, and quantity

6.SP-1

Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers.

HS-ESS2-5

Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.

MS-ESS2-5

Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.

6.SP-5

Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.

Literacy.W.6.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Literacy.W.7.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Literacy.W.8.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Literacy.RST.6-8.7

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).

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