Teacher’s Toolkit: An Inquiry-Based Activity to Show the Importance of Sample Size and Random Sampling

by: Christopher Dobson, M. Megan Woller-Skar, and Jared Green

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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This article describes an inquiry-based activity that teaches students the importance of random sampling, a critical component of many ecology investigations.

Topics

Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Life Science ENCdl Life Science LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Science and Engineering Practices Science as Inquiry Science Focus SEP3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 4/1/2017Stock # ss17_040_08_76Volume 040Issue 08

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