Cricket Chirps

In this activity, students explore the relationship between the number of cricket chirps and the temperature. They consider a suggested (and rather inaccurate) conversation formula in multiple representations, and then build a more accurate model. The activity closes by asking students to interpret the parameters in context. Sources http://www.almanac.com/content/cricket-chirps-natures-thermometer (Screen 1 image and quotation) http://www.1001freedownloads.com/free-clipart/cricket-2 (Screen 2 image) http://math.colgate.edu/math102/dschult/examples/chrptemp.html (Data set) https://www.dartmouth.edu/~genchem/0102/spring/6winn/cricket.html (Alternate equations)

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