A Matter of Survival
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- Mr. Moreno:
- Those are both good. But you can also see that some children may take their animal books out of the library so they would not be able to count them in the data; or some might have more animal shows available to watch than others depending on how many channels they can choose from. Do you see how taking several different types of data might help us answer the question better?
- Jacob:
- Yes, but will knowing we like animals persuade you to let us have a class pet?
- Mr. Moreno:
- Well, I need enough data to predict whether or not the students in our class will take care of a pet. It would be hard for students to take care of a pet if they didn't like animals.
- Maya:
- What do you think everybody, do we have the data?
- Do you think the class has enough data to persuade their teacher to get a class pet? Explain your reasoning with your group. Be ready to share your group's thinking with your class.
Investigate Our Data
Use the data your class collected at the beginning of this lesson to answer the questions.
- What is the big question our class chose to study?
- Is there another variable you think would have answered this big question better? If so, which variable and why? It not, explain why.