Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids

We are now working on a unit about comets, meteors, and asteroids. Here are links you may need for stations:

Research It!
Use this link to complete the research questions: Research link


Watch It!
If you have trouble typing the link on the task card, follow this: Video link


Extra Activities

Killer Asteroids: This site has information, facts, and games. Don't let the name fool you--it is a reputable site.

Box and Whisker Plot Resources

As you work on your box and whisker plot project, feel free to use the resources below.

Practice
Practice interpreting box and whisker plot data with this activity:
Math IXL

Data Sets

Sea turtle nesting data: Click on the PDF links to find data tables that show the number of sea turtle nests for various species.

Weather and climate information: Data on temperature and precipitation for places around the globe. (Be careful not to click on ads!)

Monarch population data: Information about the numbers of monarch butterflies.

Shad population data: Information about the numbers of shad passing through Pennsylvania dams.

Box Plot Generators

Try using interactive software to generate box and whiskers plots.

A simple tool: Boxplot Grapher

A tool that does the math for you: Box Plot


Video Tutorials

Learn about outliers with this video.


The Math Dude explains how to calculate Q1, Q2, and Q3 here.