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Setting Up Your Data for Success

This highly customizable activity guides students through organizing and documenting spreadsheet data during a class investigation.

Science Practices
Skill Builders
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Data Explorer

This web tool provides a quick and easy way of visualizing and analyzing data without advanced technological requirements.

Science Practices
Tools
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Using Data to Investigate Elephant Evolution

In this activity, students work with authentic research data to explore the impact of poaching on African elephants.

Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Spreadsheet Tutorial 4: t-Test

In this activity, students explore different ways of calculating t-values and performing t-tests using built-in functions in Excel or Google Sheets. Students apply what they learned by plotting beak size measurements of Galapágos finches collected before and after a drought.

Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Spreadsheet Tutorial 5: Histogram

In this activity, students explore different ways of constructing a histogram using Excel or Google Sheets. Students apply what they learned by plotting beak size measurements of Galapágos finches before and after a drought.

Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Sampling and Normal Distribution

This interactive simulation allows students to graph and analyze sample distributions taken from a normally distributed population.

Science Practices
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Spreadsheet Tutorial 1: Formulae, Functions, and Averages

In this activity, students use the built-in functions in Excel or Google Sheets to calculate the mean and median. Students apply what they learned to a dataset beak measurements of Galapágos finches.

Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Spreadsheet Tutorial 2: Autofill Data, Cell References, and Standard Deviation

In this activity, students use the built-in functions in Excel or Google Sheets to explore different ways of filling in cells with a series of numbers, copying and pasting formulae, and referencing individual cells to use in calculations. Students apply what they learned by making different calculations with beak size measurements of Galapágos finches.

Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Spreadsheet Tutorial 3: Column Graphs, Error Bars, and Standard Error of the Mean

In this activity, students explore different ways of creating simple bar graphs and adding error bars from calculated statistical values using built-in functions in Excel or Google Sheets. Students apply what they learned by plotting beak size measurements of Galapágos finches collected before and after a drought.

Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Mapping Genes to Traits in Dogs Using SNPs

In this activity, students explore single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with different traits in dogs to identify genes associated with those traits.

Genetics
Evolution
Science Practices
Card Activities
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Lizard Evolution Virtual Lab

This interactive, modular lab explores the evolution of the anole lizards in the Caribbean through data collection and analysis.

Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Science Practices
Virtual Labs
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Evolution in Action: Data Analysis

In this activity, students analyze and graph data taken from a population of Galápagos finches before and after a major drought.

Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College