Observe Notebook
Temperatue Sensor Activities
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Activity 1 – Collect temperature data and use mean, median, mode, minimum, maximum, and range to describe and compare data sets.
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Activity 2 – Collect live temperature data from hot or cold water using the Observe Temperature Sensor, then use Desmos to graph and analyze your results. Adjust sliders to match your curve to an exponential model and see how Newton’s Law of Cooling predicts the cooling behavior of everyday objects.
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Activity 3 – Simulate the molecular motion of a gas inside a balloon and plot a histogram of the Maxwell-Boltman distribution.
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Activity 4 – Students develop a statistical question about how temperature varies across their campus. They predict the shape of the boxplots, collect temperature data from 3–5 different locations—such as shaded areas, pavement, and areas near a heater—and compare the resulting boxplots. Students then use their data to answer their original statistical question.
This activity was written and contributed by Juan Gomez.