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Rice University: The Hand Squeeze ActivityRice University: The Hand Squeeze Activity
Publisher
Rice University
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Types
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For Administrator Use
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Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Lexile Measures
800L
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Rice University: The Hand Squeeze

Curated by ACT

Students will enjoy this data collection and class analysis experiment involving the time it takes for a hand squeeze to travel around a circle of people. From organizing the activity to collecting the data to making a table and graphing the data, all the necessary steps are listed and explained for the teacher. Discussion questions follow and related links are provided.

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Concepts

counting, data tables, graphing, graphing data, line of best fit, linear equations, linear regression, organizing information

Additional Tags

analyze information, analyzing data, analyzing patterns, analyzing trends, classifying data, collecting data, collection data, collection of data, count data, counting data, creating graphs, data collection and evaluation, data collection and probability, data collection evaluate, data evaluation, data interpretation, evaluating data, graphing activities, graphing relationships, organize data, organizing data, predicting outcomes, prediction, predictions, real world application, real world applications, real world math, real world problem solving, recording data, relevant data, school survey, school surveys, bar graph, line graph, scatter plot

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

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