Speed Data-ing!

Grade 6 students refined their skills around quantitative and qualitative data collection by participating in a round of Speed Data-ing.  Basically, it's like speed dating but with 100% more science!  Students rotated through stations every 4 min.  They were given tools of measurement (rulers, meter sticks, triple-beam balances) and tools to aid their observations (hand lenses and magnifying glasses) and were tasked to create T-charts with as much quantitative and qualitative data as they could.  After they had rotated through each of the stations the students checked their measurements for accuracy and shared strategies for collecting accurate, reliable data with limited time.