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=Kingston Public Schools =  Math and Science Summer Workshop 2008

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Hey there! I bet you're wondering what exactly do you do in a Math and Science workshop? Let me tell you. A group of educators take to the field to identify and collect different species of flowering plants and the insects that visit them for whatever reason. They then take their data back to the classroom and use Excel or graphing calculators to generate graphs which display the data in a relevant manner. We are teachers learning to teach kids the integration of science, math, and technology! How fun is that?!

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 Insects are attracted to flowers for many reasons: to drink the nectar provided by the flower, to lay eggs, to eat parts of the plant, or to eat other insects that are visiting the plant. I teamed up with Lawton High to do field work and determine if there is an association between orders of insects and the species of flowering plants they visit. The following graph displays the data collected in Southwest Oklahoma, and the numbers show there is a definite association between insect and flower.

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The following video shows the four flowers my team chose to observe over a two week period.

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