SIMply Prairie - School Lawn Quadrat Study

Background

Practice Skills

Plant Identification

Prairie Data

School Lawn Quadrat Activity

School Lawn Quadrat Data Sheet

Graphing Your School Lawn Quadrat Data Using Excel

Graphing Your School Lawn Quadrat Data Using ClarisWorks

Data Analysis

 

Practice calculating percentages for the quadrat study.

Worksheet 1. Which is bigger? Comparing squares in a quadrat.

Worksheet 2. Working with the square meter quadrat

Worksheet 3. What is "percentage"?

Worksheet 4. Estimating percentages from an example prairie quadrat

Worksheet 5. Calculating the actual percentages for an example prairie

Authors: Bill Fraccaro, Johnson School, Wheaton, IL; Larry Cwik and Pat Franzen, Madison Junior High School, Naperville, IL; and Bernie Jokiel, Gary D. Jewel Middle School, North Aurora, IL.
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