Use a Data Table to Verify Predictions and Answer Questions

Click here to view the Catching Sunshine data table.

As a class or in small groups, display the data for your class. Are those the data you sent to the database?

Now display the data for All Classes. Sort the data in the Temperature Increase column.

• What is the biggest temperature increase reported?

• What is the smallest temperature increase reported?

• Where does your temperature data fit? Is it in the top half? middle portion? lower half?

Write down your findings. Then, use what you discovered to verify the prediction you made before collecting data. Try to explain differences. Also, write down the things you wonder about. Then sort other columns or display other data and see what you can discover. Remember to write down your findings and your questions.

Click here to use graphs of the Catching Sunshine data to answer a question.

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