Organization and Planning Students can use teacher student lists to make sure all students are polled. Get a teacher list from the administration to make sure all teachers are polled. Students work in small groups to collect data and to display the information. Students can work in groups to analyze and display the data set they are investigating. Objectives Students learn to collect and record data using a variety of methods.
Students describe and interpret the data.
Students develop hypotheses and theories based on the data. Procedure Each group can take a question and poll students. Make sure to investigate all the questions listed below, each group can take a separate question to collect and display the data. Extensions Poll students on what they actually use the computer for, reports, searching for resources, etc. Enter the data on the Mathstar database, or forward Data Set E to your MathStar coordinator or fax it to MathStar.