Pranay Gupta's Blog Entries

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By:
Pranay Gupta

2. 11-15-11
Quantitative Data
Analysis

3. What did I learn today?
• I should use labels and answer what is being ask in the
question.
• I learned to always be specific to what quantities you use
so that your reader knows what units you are talking about.
• You use the delta mark to show difference of values.
Also, Subtraction is Final Value – Initial Value = Answer.
• I know you need to know and understand all values in order
to answer a question
• You need to know what the terms being used in the
question mean in order to accurately answer what is being
asked.
• I also learned how to use delta and how to correctly
write/type it
• How to properly organize files in a directory or computer.

4. How did I learn it?
• I learned to answer the question specifically, use labels, understand
the question and how to accurately answer the question.
• This I learned by analyzing a paper in class.
• We analyzed the Pros and Cons of the answer.
• We realized that being specific is extremely important and using
correct values and definitions plays a major role in answer questions
in a science class.
• Showing us the parts done incorrectly, a standard for quality work
was set.
• We were given explanation of what you should do and what you
shouldn’t do when a question is asked through deep analysis of
answers of our classmates.
• I learned it by looking at our answers in 4.1 and how Eva described
clock reading and position in her data table.
• I learned what physical quantities and units are.
• By overlooking our mistakes on our group’s blog.

5. How did I use it in class?
• I analyzed my paper that I did and made sure I didn’t
make any mistakes and answer everything specifically
and accurately.
• I made sure all my units were correctly labeled and I
understood all the terms mentioned in the question and
overview.
• I can use physical quantities and units to find units for
items such as medicine or cooking items (Consumer
Foods class).
• I can find patterns in real life like Eva did while observing
the motion of the ball.
• I used the organization technique with two other
websites I made.

6. How can I use this outside of the
science classroom?
• When I am talking to someone over the phone, I
should be as descriptive as possible and make
sure I am explaining what I am saying.
• I make sure what I say is easy to understand
and is enough so everyone understands what I
am trying to tell them.
• Also, to allow people to understand my ideas
clearly and interpret what I am saying correctly.
• I can use the proper/better way to link and
organize files in any file directory and/or any
website (FTP SERVER/DNS)

7. 11-16-11
Line Graphs

8. What did I learn today?
• What line graphs are and their purpose.
• Independent and Dependent Axes
• Mass is independent and volume is dependent
• The trend line is different from a data line
because a trend line shows similarities in data
over time where a data line displays data.
• Degrees Celsius is an acceptable unit for
measuring temperature
• The five rule is used to determine the difference
between a physical quantity or a unit.
• Different parts of a line graph

9. How did I learn it?
• Studying the line graph given to us in class on
the worksheet.
• Deeply locking and understand the line graph
parts and details.
• The interactive learning course which Mr.
Thomas guided us through.
• The Guidelines given to us.
• The explanations that were presented to us in
class and the expectations were set for quality
work.

10. How did I use it in class?
• I can understand line graphs better now in
class.
• I can accurately make and organize line
graphs the correct way
• I can read and analyze data in a line graph
with great detail
• I can also see trends in data by creating a
line graph

11. How can I use this outside of the
science classroom?
• I will be able to read line graphs for various
types of data displayed in the form of a line
graph.
• I can look a stock graph or a diverse population
line graph.
• I can tell the difference between a trend line and
a data line.
• I can find similarities between data types and
displays.
• Almost always, I can use my knowledge to make
and determine the purpose of a line graph.

12. 11-17-11
Applying Line
Graphs

13. What did I learn today?
• How to use our understanding of line
graphs to make a line graph.
• Applying our knowledge from 3.2 and
recreate a similar experiment in 4.3.
• Line Graphs can show various data types.

14. How did I learn it?
• We performed a similar experiment in 4.3 as we
did in 3.2.
• We stacked three books on top of each other
and led a ramp down.
• We rolled a ball down the ramp and dropped a
sandbag at the position at which the ball was
every second.
• We recorded out data and measured the
distance traveled by the ball using a meter stick
where the sandbags were dropped every
second.

15. How did I use it in class?
• I used my data table to plot points on a line
graph.
• I used my previous knowledge of increments,
intervals, axes and trend lines to display my data
• Line Graphs can be used to show relationships
(Time vs Position) or patterns(2 cm/second)
• They show data (visually) in a way that you can
understand it with great detail and analyze it
better than a data table (a bunch of numbers)

16. How can I use it outside the
science classroom?
• If I experiment again, my data can be shown on
a line graph to be albe to identify trends, rise in
data, drop in data, or any other patterns.
• If I am given a line graph, I can find trends,
relationships, independent and dependant
variables.
• I can use line graphs to show (position vs time)
relativity or recurring trends and/or data.
• I can understand changes in stock markets or
my GPA using the graphs provided to me (rise,
drop or no change).

17. 11-18-11
Applying what we
learned about line
graphs to experiments

18. What did I learn today?
• I learned to use line graphs to determine
patterns and make inferences.
• I learned that if tick marks are not at equal
distance apart, your line graph could be
considered misleading and you will not be
able to find accurate patterns.
• I learned that you need to use a ruler to
make a line graph

19. How did I learn it?
• I made a graph in class and analyzed it
with the rubric and expectations.
• We analyzed group 1’s graph and realized
what we shouldn't do.
• We should not make our own intervals of
our data points as it messes up our graph.
• You need to overlook you graph and data
and see if they match.

20. How did I use it in class?
• I fixed our group’s graph putting a data table into
the graph.
• I used it on my homework to make an accurate
line graph with eqaully distances tick marks and
staright lines made with a ruler.
• I italicized the t and the x in the labels.
• I made sure my data table was in my graph at
the top right hand corner and it showed every
data point I plotted.

21. How can I use it outside the
science classroom?
• I can determine if a graph is misleading
when I see one.
• Be careful of advertisers who make their
graphs misleading to grab more attention.
• I will not make misleading graphs and will
be able to analyze them more effectively.