A Project in Similarity
[data log] [final
report] [evaluation sheet] [spreadsheet
tutorial]
This project will give you a great opportunity to grow your
own creature and gain information about similarity and rates of change. It will require you to collect FOUR days of data about your creature. You will be
growing it and then shrinking it back. You will be using a spreadsheet (EXCEL) and a word processor (WORD 97)
to generate your final report which will include charts and graphs of your data.
Grow your creature for a minimum of 48 hours. If it fails to grow within the four hours
past the mimimum 48 hours, you may take it out of the water and begin the
shrinking process. If your creature
continues to grow without any indication of slowing down, take it out of the
water at noon on day 3 (55 hours old). Note on your log when the creature is removed from the water for good.
You may collect your data on Wed. (before and after school),
Thursday (during school), Friday (during school), and Saturday. OR you may collect your data on Thursday
(before and after school), Friday (during school), Saturday, and Sunday. Data must be collected on the log sheets that have been provided and should take place NO CLOSER THAN ONE HOUR apart –
preferably every one to two hours.
Throughout the data collection period, you are to make
tracings of your creature. You should
trace it before you begin. When you
take it out of the water to shrink it, dry it off, and trace it at its
“biggest” point. When it has stopped
shrinking, trace it once again. Label
each picture with the age of the creature, its length, its width, and its
thickness. Then attach these drawings
to your final report.
For 30 points (out of 50) on the data collection part of
this project, you must have at least five data measurements per day on each of
days 2, 3, and 4 AND at least 3 times on the first day – each must be taken no
closer than 1 hour apart.
For 40 points on the data collection part of this project,
you must have at least 7 data measurements per day on days 2, 3, and 4 AND at
least 4 times on the first day– each must be taken no closer than 1 hour apart.
For 50 points on the data collection part of the project,
you must have at least 10 data measurements per day on days 2, 3, and 4 AND at
least 5 times on the first day – each must be taken no closer than 1 hour
apart.
On Monday, we’ll go to the computer lab to learn how to put
your data on a spreadsheet and make some graphs and cut and paste them into
your report. Your report should follow
the form on your report and evaluation
sheet.
[data log] [final
report] [evaluation sheet]
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