Overview
Students will develop an understanding of experimental design, data collection, and data analysis by conducting a laboratory experiment and using a computational model to study the behavior of pillbugs, also called 'roly-polies' (Armadillidium vulgare).
Underlying Lessons
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
- Expand Collapse Life Science
- Expand Collapse NGSS Crosscutting Concept
- Expand Collapse NGSS Practice
Computational Thinking in STEM
- Expand Collapse Data Practices
- Expand Collapse Modeling and Simulation Practices
- Expand Collapse Computational Problem Solving Practices
- Expand Collapse Systems Thinking Practices
Credits
This curricular unit is co-designed by Teresa Granito and Sugat Dabholkar.
