Tables and Graphs

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Tables and Graphs

• Tables organizes and displays data
• Line graph shows how something has changed over
  a period of time.
• Example Polar bears level of activity over an 8
  month period.
• Column graph compares data
• Example Comparing the duration of resting
  behaviors in adults vs. juvenile sea lions.
• Pie chart to show how percentages relate to each
  other within a whole
• Example The amount of time the otters spend in
  the different areas of their habitat.

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Research Project Format for PowerPoint

• QUESTION
• BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• HYPOTHESIS
• PROCEDURE
• DATA
• RESULTS ANALYSIS
• CONCLUSION
• NEXT STEPS
• References

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QUESTION

• How does___________compare to ________________?

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BACKGROUND INFO.

• In as many slides as you need to make it clear .
• RELEVANT to the prediction you made.
• Include CITED SOURCES.
• Your own words interpreting the information
  gathered from your sources.

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HYPOTHESIS

• The research team in this study
  predicted_______because_____(source, year.)
• (The because portion should connect to scientific
  content found in your background information.
• Please cite your source.

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PROCEDURE

• Please include the following
• Description of what you did with DATE/TIME and
  LOCATION of data collection.
• Should be described well enough that it would be
  replicable by another team in the future.

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DATA

• Data table, correctly labeled
• Graphs
• The appropriate type of graph to represent your
  data.
• Correct and clear labels.
• Data that supports or is relevant to your
  question.

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RESULTS and ANALYSIS

• RESULTS Description of the numerical data
  presented in the graph.
• Example The occurrence of swimming behaviors
  was 6.
• DATA ANALYSIS (might be a separate slide if you
  had a lot of data)explaining trends or patterns.
• Example Level of activity increased

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CONCLUSION

• Please include the following
• Restate hypothesis
• Explain whether the hypothesis was SUPPORTED, NOT
  SUPPORTED, or data was INCONCLUSIVE
• EVIDENCE (YOUR DATA)
• REASONING (CITED)
• 5. SOURCES OF ERROR (Might be another slide)

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(Further Study) NEXT STEPS

• Please include
• A minimum of 3 new questions based on your study.
• Why you want to explore these areas further.

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Literature Cited

• Must be in APA format
• Be from scientifically reliable and valid
  sources. (NO WIKIPEDIA).