Students will analyze data collected by
experimenting with the greenhouse effect and report their findings.
This investigation is designed to be completed
over the course of several weeks.
NCTM Standards:
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Understand patterns, relations, and functions
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Understand meanings of operations and how
they relate to one another
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Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas
to determine measurements
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Formulate questions that can be addressed
with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them
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Select and use appropriate statistical methods
to analyze data
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Build new mathematical knowledge through problem
solving
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Monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical
problem solving
Materials Needed:
lamp with a 100-watt bulb
stopwatch
thermometer
plastic zipper-style sandwich bag
ruler
graph paper
folder or notebook
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Procedure:
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conduct a control experiment and a
greenhouse
experiment
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record data using a spreadsheet and use graphing
tools to model the data
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analyze and report this data
Original Investigation
Found in
Copyright
© June 2000
used
with permission
adapted by Susan
Boone Saint Agnes Academy, Houston, TX
GirlTECH '95 Participant,
Master Teacher, '96, '97, '99, & 2000
These pages were developed through GirlTECH
,
a teacher-training program sponsored by the Center
for Excellence in Education (CEEE) and made possible by support from
the National Science Foundation through
EOT-PACI.
