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This Understanding the Air through Data Analysis activity also includes:
- Pre-Activity Reading (.pdf)
- Pre-Activity Worksheet (.pdf)
- Pre-Activity Worksheet – Answer Key (.pdf)
- CO2 Activity Worksheet (.pdf)
- CO2 Activity Worksheet – Answer Key (.pdf)
- Seasonal Variation in Carbon Dioxide (.xlsx)
- Seasonal Variation in Carbon Dioxide – Answer Key (.xlsx)
- O3 Activity Worksheet (.pdf)
- O3 Activity Worksheet – Answer Key (.pdf)
- Seasonal Variation in Ozone (.xlsx)
- Seasonal Variation in Ozone – Answer Key (.xlsx)
- Excel Reference Sheet (.pdf)
- Connecting the the Big Picture Handout (.pdf)
- Connecting to the Big Picture handout – Answer Key (.pdf)
- Vocabulary List (.pdf)
- Vocabulary list – Answer Key (.pdf)
- Pre–Activity Reading (.docx)
- Pre–Activity Worksheet (.docx)
- CO2 Activity Worksheet (.docx)
- CO2 Activity Worksheet – Answer Key (.docx)
- O3 Activity Worksheet (.docx)
- O3 Activity Worksheet – Answer Key (.docx)
- Excel Reference Sheet (.docx)
- Connecting to the Big Picture Handout (.docx)
- Connecting to the Big Picture handout – Answer Key (.docx)
- Vocabulary List (.docx)
- Vocabulary list – Answer Key (.docx)
- Vocabulary
- Vocabulary
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Is there a correlation or causation relationship between air pollutants? Groups develop a hypothesis about the daily variation of air pollutants, specifically ozone and CO2. Using Excel to analyze the data, the groups evaluate their hypotheses and reflect on conclusions reached from their analysis.
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Concepts
Instructional Ideas
- Conduct a short mini-lesson on the differences between causation and correlation
Classroom Considerations
- Pupils should be familiar with basic statistics such as calculating measures of center and measures of variability
- The classes' familiarity with Excel will greatly affect the time it takes to complete the activity
- The fifth in a six-part series
Pros
- The resource has an Excel reference sheet as a resource for pupils that are not that familiar with Excel
- Documents come as docx files to enable easy editing
Cons
- None