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Source: Tamanna Rumee
Type: Investigation
Theme: Statistics
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Learning Target: Students will learn how to graph multiple sets of related data on one graph and use the data to justify a decision.
Instructions
Please work in groups of two or three.
- Select a location from anywhere on Earth where crops are grown.
- Collect the following climate data for your location:
- Monthly average rainfall
- Monthly average low temperature
- Monthly average high temperature
- Enter your data into Excel.
- Graph your data in a manner that makes sense.
- Select one of the following five crops to grow in your location.
- Pomegranates
- Oranges
- Dates
- Potatoes
- Oats
- Justify your crop choice.
Submission
- Word document, Sway, or PowerPoint.
- Map of the Earth pinpointing your location.
- Excel spreadsheet with a graph of monthly data (display all three datasets in one graph).
- Detailed explanation with the following information:
- Justify your crop choice based on what type of climate will best support your crop.
- How much rainfall does your crop need?
- During which months does your crop need water?
- Will you need to irrigate your crops? Is there irrigated water available at the right time?
- Why you did not choose another crop (select two and explain)?
- Peer Review.
Resources
Exit Ticket
CCSS Math Practice
- I can construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
- Systems and System Models