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Krill Prefer Chill

Lesson Plan: Krill Prefer Chill

Links to the materials included in the lesson plan

• Teacher Resources
  • Teacher Guide for Lessons 1-4 (pdf)
  • Key Vocabulary (pdf)(doc)
• Video: Our Planet: Frozen Worlds
  • Short clip of krill [1:37]
  • Entire episode [53:31]
• Lesson 1: Random Samples
  • Presentation: Collecting Data (ppt)(pdf)
  • Video: Getting the Measure of Krill [3:58]
• Lesson 2: Dot Plot
  • Presentation: Dot Plot (ppt)(pdf)
  • Khan Academy: Frequency Tables and Dot Plots [7:18]
  • Student Dot Plot packet
    • English (pdf)(doc) or Spanish (pdf)(doc)
  • Teacher Dot Plot packet - Answer Key (pdf)
• Lesson 3a: Box and Whisker Plot
  • Presentation: Box and Whisker (ppt)(pdf)
  • Video: Antarctic Krill [1:27]
  • Khan Academy: Construct a Box and Whisker Plot [8:17]
  • Student Box and Whisker packet
    • English (pdf)(doc) or Spanish (pdf)(doc)
  • Data for Box and Whisker (xls)
  • Teacher Box and Whisker packet - Answer Key (pdf)
• Lesson 3b: Jigsaw Activity - Antarctic Species
  • Jigsaw Teacher Guide (pdf)
  • Student Jigsaw worksheet (pdf)(doc)
• Lesson 3c: Food Web Activity
  • Food Web Teacher Guide (pdf)
  • Student Food Web worksheet (pdf)
• Career Connections
  • Researcher Bio: Kirsten Steinke (pdf)
• Greenhouse Effect
  • Video: What is the Greenhouse Effect? [2:30]
  • Ward's World Greenhouse Effect Activity
• Lesson 4a: Carbon Footprint
  • Presentation: Carbon Footprint (ppt)(pdf)
  • Video: The Carbon Footprint Explained [2:00]
  • International Student Carbon Footprint Calculator
  • Class Data: collection process (pdf) and example class dataset (xls) 
• Lesson 4b: Carbon Footprint Poster
  • Poster Rubric (pdf)(doc)
  • Random number generator
  • Random sample tracker (pdf)
  • Exit Ticket (pdf)(doc)

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