Acadia Learning brings scientists, teachers, and students together in partnerships that result in useful research and effective science education.Instructional and practice activities in this section are designed to help students
1. Learn to graph two numeric variables against each other on X and Y axes to see if they are correlated.
2. Sketch a line of best fit through the data (by eye)
3. Acquire language to describe the strength and nature of a correlation in terms of how scattered the points are from the line of best fit (a strong, weak, or no correlation) and whether the correlation is positive or negative, based on the direction of the slope of the line.
Maine Data Literacy Project
Units & Activities
- Asking Statistical Questions
- Describing variability
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Comparing Groups
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Practice correlating with precipitation data
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Practice comparing groups with Belfast temperature data
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Practice comparing groups with Cell Phone data
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Practice comparing groups: Chromosome Number data
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Practice comparing groups with Gas Price data
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Practice comparing groups with high tide data
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Practice comparing groups: House Insulation and Temperature data
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Practice comparing groups: Maine lake fish data
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Practice comparing groups with midge data
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Practice comparing groups: Reaction Time data
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Practice comparing groups: carbon dioxide sources
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Practice correlating with precipitation data
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Correlation
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Practice correlating with Glass Eel data
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Practice correlating: House Insulation and Temperature data
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Practice correlating: Pen Bay Buoy Air-Water Temperature data
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Practice correlating with Tide Extreme data
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Practice correlating with US milk production data
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Practice time series with Penobscot River Flow data
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Practice correlating: Chlorophyll and phosphorus in lakes
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Practice correlating with Glass Eel data
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Time Series
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Practice time series with Bald Eagle data
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Practice time series with earthquake data
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Practice time series with Gas Price data
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Practice time series: House Insulation and Temperature data
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Practice time series with Moon Phase data
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Practice time series: Pen Bay Buoy Air-Water Temperature data
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Practice time series with tide speed data
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Practice time series with Bald Eagle data
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Proportion
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Evidence, Claim, Reasoning