Biology

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DSLP Strand: 9-10.C.5.2a Construct and analyze models to represent linear and non-linear relationships in data. Subject Area: Biology

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  • Metabolic Rates

    Cellular Processes

    Students investigate Kleiber's Law — that metabolic rate scales to ~the ¾ power of body mass — using real data from the AnAge Database, working through a five-part packet of...

  • Cladograms

    Evolution & Ancestry

    Teaches that building an evolutionary family tree requires distinguishing traits inherited from a common ancestor from traits that evolved independently in similar environments...

  • Fossil Record

    Evolution & Ancestry

    Puts students in the role of the scientist who re-checked the textbooks: using real fossil measurements and a predictive regression model built from living fish, they calculate...