The Difference That Data Make: Examining Bird Migration Data to Build Scientific Skills

Kelly Sturner; Karen Lucci

doi:10.1525/abt.2015.77.1.8

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Kelly Sturner,¹ Karen Lucci²

¹Kelly Sturner is Education & Outreach Coordinator at NIMBioS, the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, located at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville ( ). kmoran@nimbios.org
²Karen Lucci is Teacher-Leader in the Science Department at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, NJ ( ). karenlucci@hvrsd.org

Abstract

This inquiry-based activity for high school students introduces concepts of ecology and the importance of data analysis to science. Using an investigative case, students generate independent questions about birds, access Cornell Lab of Ornithology online resources to collect data, organize and graph data using Excel, and make claims based on evidence.

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Kelly Sturner and Karen Lucci "The Difference That Data Make: Examining Bird Migration Data to Build Scientific Skills," The American Biology Teacher 77(1), 56-61, (1 January 2015). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.1.8

Published: 1 January 2015