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Bird’s Eggs AssessmentBird’s Eggs Assessment
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Mathematics Assessment Project
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8th
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Duration
15 mins
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Independent Practice
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Bird’s Eggs

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Are the length and width of birds' eggs related? Young ornathologists use a scatter plot to investigate the relationship between the length and width of eggs for Mallard ducks. They then determine the egg with the greatest length-to-width ratio.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

scatter plots, ratios, graphs interpreting, correlation

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Include an assessment on interpreting scatter plots

Classroom Considerations

  • While designed as a high school task, it would still be appropriate to use in eighth grade
  • Learners must have knowledge of correlations and ratios

Pros

  • Resource includes scored student work that applies the rubric
  • Contains an answer key

Cons

  • Multiple grammatical errors and inconsistencies

Common Core

8.SP.A.1 MP2 MP3 MP6 MP7

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