Where's That Dolphin?

by: Carolyn Kovacs, Mary Carla Curran, and Tara Cox

Using bottlenose dolphin sightings to study spatial patterns.

Topics

Analyzing data Asking questions Biomes CCC1: Patterns CCC3: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity Classifying Collecting data Communicating Competition Crosscutting Concepts Cycles Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Life Science Ecosystems ENCdl Energy transfer Food web Hypothesizing Interpreting data Life Science LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics Measuring Modeling Observing Population dynamics Populations Predation Predicting Science and Engineering Practices Science as Inquiry Science Focus Science process skills Scientific habits of mind SEP5: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking Symbiosis Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS Trophic levels Using mathematics Using technology

Details

Type Journal ArticlePub Date 12/1/2013Stock # tst13_080_09_24Volume 080Issue 09

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GIS Application

A nice application for GIS that supports data visualization.

Betty Paulsell (Kansas City, MO)
Betty Paulsell (Kansas City, MO)

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