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In this activity, learners will conduct an open-ended survey, and then organize and analyze results. What languages does everyone speak? What’s the most common? the least common? Do you think we’d get the same results if we asked this question in a different neighborhood? Start out by posing an open-ended question. Everyone writes answers on stick-on notes and sticks them on a large piece of paper. Explore ways to organize the responses to make sense of them. For instance, if the question is about languages, one approach is to put all the stick-on notes with the same language together. A further step could involve grouping related languages (Eastern European, Southeast Asian, etc.). [Activity is publicly available through a web crawler capture on Archive.org.]
- Under 5 minutes
- 5 to 10 minutes
- 1 cent - $1 per group of students
- Ages 6 - 14
- Activity
- English
Quick Guide
Materials List (per group of students)
- large sheet of paper
- post-it notes
- pencils
Subjects
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Mathematics
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Data Analysis and Probability
- Data Analysis
- Data Collection
- Data Representation
- Representation
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Data Analysis and Probability
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The Nature of Technology
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The Design Process
- Problem Solving
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The Design Process
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The Nature of Science
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The Scientific Process
- About Inquiry
- Asking Questions
- Conducting Investigations
- Gathering Data
- Formulating Explanations
- Communicating Results
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The Scientific Process
Audience
To use this activity, learners need to:
- see
- read
Learning styles supported:
- Involves teamwork and communication skills
- Involves hands-on or lab activities
Other
Access Rights:
- Free access
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Source Collection
- Mixing in Math
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Funding Source:
- NSF, ESI-0406675 and DRL-0713537