Project a transparency of the Analysis Spreadsheet black line master and use it to help describe each section of the spreadsheet. Explain that they will enter the actual temperatures into the spreadsheet tomorrow. Assign each group a time to read one of the thermometers. The Data Table is where the temperature data was entered into the spreadsheet. A calculates a comparison between each location and the same location at other times.
Negative numbers indicate that the temperature was below the room mean.
Have a computer set up in the classroom running the spreadsheet file TempComp. Data Analysis Print out the TempComp spreadsheet and make copies for each group. Divide the class into the groups that were designated during Activity 1. Project a transparency of Analysis Spreadsheet black line master and review each section of the spreadsheet. Ask each group to examine the spreadsheet printout and determine if their hypotheses were supported by the data.