Do you know you S&EP? 8/25/17

Scenario: Students in Mrs. Garcia's class use a class chart of what different animals eat and group the animals in different ways based on their food sources. Students then discuss which animals would be affected if changes occurred to different food sources.

Wrong Answer: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

Correct Answer: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Why: The correct answer is Analyzing and Interpreting Data because the students are looking at a chart to and analyzing what each animal eats, as well as how things would change if certain food sources were different. This is the correct answer because they are studying the chart in different ways and trying to predict and analyze what will happen if changes were made.


Scenario: A group of 7th graders creates and analyzes graphs of the data from an investigation about the relationship between a ball's mass and its speed down a ramp.

Wrong Answer: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

 Correct Answer: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

 Why: The correct answer is Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking, even though the students are analyzing graphs. This is because when they are analyzing the graphs they are more specifically looking at the relationship between the ball's mass and speed which has to do with distance, rate and time, a math concept.

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