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Students in Santa Barbara collected whale watching data during trips in the Santa Barbara Channel. In the month of February students collected data on whale sightings from various points on shore. In the month of May, students again collected data on whale populations during a boat trip to Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands off the California coast. During both of these collecting trips the students kept track of all the whales and dolphins they saw. Students wrote down the type and numbers of marine mammals they saw along with the location of the sighting (latitude and longitude).
You may be wondering why we would want this type of data. Data are used to answer questions. For example we can use the data collected to answer questions such as "Which mammals are seen and when?" or "Do some types of mammals show up in higher numers than others?
Learn about the data collected, the graph results, and mapping whales:
Whale Data
Mapping Whales
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