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By: Takisha Reece
Teaching Topic
Scientific and Data Literacy
Science Topic
Scientific Skills & Literacy
Level
High School — GeneralHigh School — AP/IB

Takisha Reece describes how her students use BioInteractive's spreadsheet tutorials to learn how to use spreadsheet applications for data analysis and statistics. Her students use the built-in math functions in these applications to analyze their data, and then to produce charts and graphs for their poster projects.

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