Description
This is a lesson on Variation looking at the heights of flowering plants growing in two different habitats.
In this lesson the students analyze bar charts of the average heights of Black-Eyed Susan growing in two different habitats.
The goal here is to teach students to (a) make accurate observation , i.e., describe what they see, and (b) to make inferences based on evidence, i.e., explain.
This is followed by another activity where students are given a data sheet of heights of 30 of Purple Cornflowers. The data was collected in the same two habitats. The students explore various ways of representing this data—(a) average heights (as in Part 1), (b) frequency distribution curve.
This is a lesson that can be used to integrate math and science topics.
7 pages + Excel sheet of exporation results
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Description
This is a lesson on Variation looking at the heights of flowering plants growing in two different habitats.
In this lesson the students analyze bar charts of the average heights of Black-Eyed Susan growing in two different habitats.
The goal here is to teach students to (a) make accurate observation , i.e., describe what they see, and (b) to make inferences based on evidence, i.e., explain.
This is followed by another activity where students are given a data sheet of heights of 30 of Purple Cornflowers. The data was collected in the same two habitats. The students explore various ways of representing this data—(a) average heights (as in Part 1), (b) frequency distribution curve.
This is a lesson that can be used to integrate math and science topics.
7 pages + Excel sheet of exporation results
