Students in grades 3-5 begin to develop a broader sense of data. They choose data to collect, organize it in table form, transform data (such as ensuring all lengths use the same unit), sort data, and create graphical representations using technology.
• Students collect data, sort, and make conjectures/observations based on the data
• There exists the opportunity to use technology to sort data and to create graphs
Students explore population cycles of organisms within a habitat.
Students first created the line chart by hand, then used a spreadsheet to reproduce it.
Some initial observations students made:
With prompting, students discussed patterns such as:
The data discussion reinforced the science concepts.