Lake Ice-Out Lesson 2 - Temperature

• In this interactive lesson, students learn about "normal" winter conditions for a lake in Maine and learn how to analyze data to look for trends and outliers.
  
• This lesson is the second of four lessons on this topic and it includes a worksheet, interactive questions, graphs, and audible text.
  

Positives

• This is a great STEM resource that incorporates math and science in an interactive manner.
• Students apply their critical thinking skills to think about variability and trends in observable and measurable data.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students need access to devices and the Internet for this lesson.
• You may want to have students expand the interactive data plot to see it more clearly.
  

Differentiation

• Have students work in groups so they can support each other in the activities.
• There is a glossary of vocabulary terms included for reference and audible text for students with learning differences.
• Science classes can use this lesson to connect to many topics, including ecosystems, weather vs. climate, and the scientific method.
• Teachers can connect this activity to lessons about applying math and science skills to solve problems and address important questions.
• Consider having students take three temperature measurements per day for a week and then graph their data in a similar fashion. What trends do they notice? How should they group the data for analysis? How could they use the data to solve an important issue or question?
  

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