You will create tables, line plots, line graphs, and bar graphs from data collected on the Global Shark Tracker. You will use the Global Shark Tracker to collect data that will then be organized, displayed, and analyzed in order to deomonstrate your knowledge and understanding of graphs.
Using Global Shark Tracker-Ocearch, you will collect, organize, display, and analyze data based on the following:
1. Choose 5 sharks of the same type. Create a bar graph displaying the weight of these sharks. Compute the average weight of this category of sharks.
2. Determine the mode of the type of shark most tracked.
3. Complete a frequency table & line plot displating the area most visted by sharks.
4. Create a line plot displaying the stage in which most sharks are tracked.
5. Choose 1 shark. Track the path of the shark for 1 week. Display data using a line graph.
Visit the Ocearch website:
Search the website in order to collect data pertaining to your task.
Use charts and/or tables to organize your data.
Use Microsoft Word to create and display your graphs.
IF time allows, you may create a PowerPoint presentation for the class.
Helpful Links:
Frequency Tables
http://www.virtualnerd.com/tutorials/?id=Alg1_14_01_0022
Bar Graphs, Line Graphs
Line Plots
This project will count for your classwork and homework grade for this unit.
Write a brief paragraph explaining how this project helped in your understanding of collecting, organizing, displaying, and analyzing data.
Credit to: Ocearch Global Shark Tracker
Common Core Standards:
5.MD.B Represent and interpret data
5.MD.B.2: Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements ???
6.SP.A.2 Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.
5.MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
5.MP.6 Attend to precision.
Webquest created by:
Molly Joyner
Gifted and Talented Resource Teacher