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Math Skills for Science Students

Scientists use various math skills and tools including estimation, understanding accuracy vs precision, using significant figures, and calculating percent, error, mean, median, mode, and range. The week's lessons focus on mean, median, mode and range; percent error; accuracy vs precision; and a graphing activity lab to demonstrate these concepts.

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Math Skills for Science Students

Scientists use various math skills and tools including estimation, understanding accuracy vs precision, using significant figures, and calculating percent, error, mean, median, mode, and range. The week's lessons focus on mean, median, mode and range; percent error; accuracy vs precision; and a graphing activity lab to demonstrate these concepts.

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First Semester

Mrs. Clearys Tiger Stars Lake Asbury Junior High School, 7E Science
Week # 11
Essential Question: What math skills and tools do scientists use?
Objectives:
1. Explain when scientists may need to use estimation.
2. Describe the difference between accuracy and precision.
3. Understand and use significant figures when reporting measurements.
4. Math tools used by scientist, calculation of percent, error, mean, median, mode, and
range.
Schedule subject to change!
Day
Monday
October 24, 2016

Homework
Study the vocabulary found
in lesson 4, page 32 39.

Lessons
Mean, Median, Mode and Range Page 37.

Quiz Thursday.
Tuesday
October 25, 2016

Mean, Median, Mode and


Range.

Percent error Page 36.

Homework Pratice.
Wednesday

Percent error Page 36.

Accuracy vs Precision Page 34.

October 26, 2016

Homework Practice.
Thursday

Study Vocabulary.

Vocabulary Quiz.

October 27, 2016

Graph in Science.
Anomalous Data points.
Friday
October 28, 2016

Graphing Activity Lab.

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