Use the lesson outline at this link or have students work with the raw data to determine why some plant species thrive in areas and others do not.

What makes an invasive species so problamatic? Review this summarized data, work with finding means and percents and create a bar graph to determine a solution.

Make predictions about what happens when crops are fertilized by creating a scatterplot and regression line.

Students determine which type of substrate mollusks prefer while looking at this data.

Students lean about making their choice of graph to understand data and make predictions. This task has students determining the effect a dam has on a river.

Answer this question using your knowledge of statistics. "How does the size of plant roots differ when grown in serpentine soil compared to non-serpentine soils?"

Study the data to answer the question, "Are any perennial crops a good alternative to corn for biofuel production, and if so, why? How does the location of biomass production affect the outcome?"

Use this data to see what the affects of seretonin have on winning a fight. Students find averages and create bar graphs to interpret the data.

Use a two-way table to answer the questions, "Why do most male crickets on Kauai have flat wings? Could parasitoid flies have contributed to the loss of song for male crickets?"

"At what latitudes do caterpillars do the most damage to pokeweed?" Review this data to determine a solution.

Study the effect of climate change on plants as you practice measures of center and create bar graphs.

"How did replacing the narrow culverts with wider culverts change the growth of Phragmites in the marsh?" Use this data to find a solution to this question and see statistics in action.

What is a chocolate farm like? Look at this data to learn about the types of birds that live on a chocolate farm.

Practice finding rates and determine if there is a slope uisng this data nugget.

Answer this question using your ability to find the mean from the data. "How does the elevation of the marsh organ pipe, relative to mean sea level, affect plant growth?"

Is mud more than just wet dirt? Review this data and look for any trends to determine relationships between organic matter and phosphorus in different muds.

Use this data to determine an answer to the question, "How have sea level and saltmarsh sparrow numbers changed over time?"

Why do insects shoot their frass? Is it to deter their enemies? What do you think after examining this set of data?

What affects do different drugs have on spiders and their abilities to make their webs? Students look at the area of different webs to predict an answer to this question. The raw data is available for this experiment.