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In this activity, students will:
Great as a group project! For this investigation, break up the class into groups of anywhere between 4 and 10 students per group. (The year range they each plot will depend on your group sizes. To make this easier, we have provided a breakdown of specific year ranges per student for different group sizes.) Groups are provided sunspot per year data for a 300 year period (1700-2000). Each individual student then plots just a portion of the data. Students then combine their work to make one really long graph that displays all 300 years of data! The graph clearly shows the 11 year sunspot cycle.
Looking for a simpler way to graph sunspots? Try this Sunspots Graphing Worksheet!
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