Shrinking Candles, Running Water, Folding Boxes

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This activity allows students to look for functions within a given set of data. After analyzing the data, the student should be able to determine a type of function that represents the data.

Alternate Title	Generating and Analyzing Data
Date Issued	1993
Resource Type	Lecture/Presentation (DCMI Type Vocabulary)
Format	Other
Audience	College --Undergrad Lower Division High School
Source	http://illuminations.nctm.org
Email Address	illuminations@nctm.org
Date Of Record Creation	2005-05-23 15:28:54
Date Of Record Release	2005-05-23 15:28:54
Date Last Modified	2006-06-02 11:41:03
Statistical Topic	Data Presentation Statistical Inference and Techniques -- Linear Models
Material Type	Laboratories
Typical Learning Time	4 class periods
Author's Name	Jill Stevens
Author's Organization	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and MarcoPolo
Source Code Available	No
Intended User Role	Learner Teacher
Copyrights	Yes
Cost involved with use	Free to all
Math Level	Algebra level symbolic math

Date Record Checked: 2005-05-23 00:00:00

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Shrinking Candles, Running Water, Folding Boxes