Identify tools and techniques needed to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data collected from a moderately complex scientific investigation 0607.Inq.2

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1. Analyzing / Evaluating / Interpreting / Inferring - Once the student has gathered information resources, it is now time to make sense of the text in relation to what one already knows, use analytical skills to make inferences, interpret data, organize ideas, and make connections.
2. Bird Sleuth: Investigating Evidence - this module consists of five investigations which give students the chance to learn science by doing science
   1. Resource Pages - a 28 page .pdf document  
   2. Investigator's Journal - a 25 page .pdf document  
3. Collecting and Analyzing Data - Learn how to collect data and analyze it.
4. Data Mining 101: Tools and Techniques - Understanding the advantages of using different data mining tools and techniques
5. How Science works--Variables - Explains the meaning of 'independent', 'dependent' and 'control' variables, with examples from typical practicals
6. Managing Open Ended Practical Investigations - teaching ideas from Practical Physics
7. Science Fair Resources at Internet4Classsrooms
8. Teaching Scientific Inquiry - exploration, directed, guided, and opened-ended levels
9. The Interview And Other Data Gathering Methods - The interviewing skills of the analyst determine what information is gathered, and the quality and depth of that information. Interviewing, observation, and research are the primary tools of the analyst.