options: Define appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling.

Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays.

Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities.
problem_activity: Below is an illustration of an aquarium. There are four possibilities of changes that affect the water level: addition/removal of a rock, insertion/removal of a plug, turn on/off the faucet, use the bucket to add/remove water.
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The graph below shows the height of the water in the aquarium over a 17-minute time interval. Write a story from the point of view of someone watching what is going on with the aquarium to produce the given graph.
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The graph given above is a simplified version of reality. What simplifying assumptions did we make when we created the graph?


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