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Generating an Argument - Using Online Data Sets to Determine Length of Daylight
A typical class size for my current teaching position consists of 20-35 students, which could easily be divided into 4-5 groups. Each group would be given a table consisting of the length of daylight for every day of the year, for different locations around the planet. Each location would vary greatly, ranging from the students’ hometowns (mid-latitude) to the tropic/polar regions including the southern hemisphere. Online data sets would be provided by the U.S. Naval Oceanography Portal (see Table 1). Students would use Microsoft Excel (by importing table) or Create A Graph tools to make a visual for their poster. Students would be able to ask and answer questions such as:
1. Why do different places have different amounts of daylight?
2. Why does the length of daylight change throughout the year?
3. How does the length of daylight correlate with the seasons?
Each group would examine others posters in order to come to a conclusion and respond to a brief argumentative writing prompt.
Online Data Set Source: U.S. Naval Oceanography Portal
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