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Science: Growing Babies

by Texas Instruments

Overview

In this activity, students observe and graph data about human fetal growth rates. Students build a regression model based on the data and compare values with those of other mammals. They also compare the data to non-mammal species.

Key Steps

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    Students enter data on the mass of fetuses as they develop over 40 weeks.

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    Students then perform a logistic regression on the data and graph it in order to answer questions regarding the mass of fetuses during pregnancy.