Concepts Students collect, organize, describe, and analyze data. Students enter data on ClarisWorks spreadsheet. Students use the spreadsheet to display their results as a scatter plot. Students use ClarisWorks word processing to describe the results of the data. Indicators Students collect and enter data.
Students display data in a graphical form.
Students analyze data and communicate results in a written document. Precomputer Teacher sets up the stations in the classroom prior to the beginning of class. Have students make predictions about the different possible types of correlations. Students rotate in groups around the classroom, perform the necessary measurements, and record all data onto the data sheets. On the computer Transport all data to a ClarisWorks spreadsheet.