NGSS Science & Engineering Practices

MATH-M2 Science & Engineering Practices resources

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MATH-M2 | Science & Engineering Practices

Use mathematical representations to describe and/or support scientific conclusions and design solutions.

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I Like That!: How perception, emotion, and cognition shape our preferences

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6, 7, 8

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Students will conduct experiments and analyze real scientific data as they learn about themselves. They'll learn how our eyes and brains interact to determine what we like and dislike, and apply this knowledge to fish research and the art of character design.

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Lesson 3

In Part 3, students will create ratios from character sheets to calculate proportions of different character's body proportions (e.g. arm-length / torso-length) and round to the nearest hundredth.

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Females singing to be heard: Challenging long-held assumptions about birdsong through data visualization

Grades

6, 7, 8

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Students will learn how data visuals tell a story. They will analyze real bird song data to try to understand why female singing behavior has been overlooked in one of the most common birds in the world. They will also gain a deeper insight into the scientific peer review process.

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- Students interpret a scatter plot based on real scientific data - Students create a histogram using raw data - Students draw conclusions based on the scatter plots and histograms

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