Scientific and engineering practices

6.1(F)

Turning Trial Data Into Pictures

Construct appropriate tables, graphs, maps, and charts using repeated trials and means to organize data.

Part of The student, for at least 40% of instructional time, asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models

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Intro

Organizing Data from Repeated Trials

Scientists repeat tests instead of trying just once. Repeated trials are the same test done more than once, and the mean is the average found by adding results and dividing by how many there are. This lesson shows how to build tables, graphs, charts, and maps using trials and means.