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Modeling CO2 Levels - Linear Modeling

In this activity students will explore levels of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere over time. There is concern that levels of CO2 are rising; and finding a good mathematical model for CO2 levels is an important part of determining if this is attributable to human technology. Students draw a scatter plot, choose two points to create a linear model for the data, then use the model to make predictions.
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Creator(s): 
Alan Bass and Terrie Teegarden
Cataloger: 
Bohdan Rhodehamel
Publisher: 
Developmental Mathematics Collection
Rights: 
CC BY-NC-SA
Format Other: 
RTF