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PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

This lesson is a data analysis lab in which students analyze mass and volume data for two mystery liquids, oil and water, and use the data to explore linear functions. Students relate slope and y-intercept to a real-world context. This lesson was developed for a teacher workshop conducted by Project STEP at the University of Cincinnati. The workshop session was designed to give teachers an introduction to graphing calculators. This lesson uses graphing calculators in an activity that integrates high school mathematics and science. (author/sw)

OHIO STANDARDS
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Mathematics Academic Content Standards
Measurement Standard
Patterns, Functions and Algebra Standard
Data Analysis and Probability Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Algebra Standard
Measurement Standard
Data Analysis and Probability Standard
RESOURCE TYPE
Instructional Resource
PRACTICE LEVEL
Promising Practice
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 8–10
TOPICS
Mathematics --
Algebra;
Graphing;
Linear functions;
Measurement;
Volume;
Weight, mass;
Statistics;
Data display;
Technology;
KEYWORDS
density;
scatterplot;
line of best fit;
graphing calculator
Publisher: University of Cincinnati
Author: Michael Rust, Jessica Behymer