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Whelk-Come to Mathematics: Using Rational Functions to Investigate the Behavior of Northwestern Crows

Make a Conjecture
Conduct an Experiment
Analyze the Data
Work to a Conclusion

References

Boswall, Jeffery. Birds of the Lands of Four Seasons. [Videotape] Churchill Films, 1987.

Keller, B. A. and H. A. Thompson, Whelk-come to Mathematics, Mathematics Teacher, 92 (6) (September, 1999), 475-489.

Smith, Cynthia. A discourse on discourse: Wrestling with teaching rational equations, Mathematics Teacher 91 (December 1998): 749 - 753.


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Zach, Reto. Selection and dropping of whelks by northwestern crows. Behavior 67 (1978): 134 - 147.

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Zach, Reto. Shell dropping: Decision-Making and optimal foraging in northwestern crows. Behavior 68 (1979): 106 - 117.

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Analyze the Data
Work to a Conclusion

 



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