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Then we'll check out the JavaScript code (which you could also write by hand!).","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":336,"value":"## Activity 5: Normalize transform","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":338,"value":"There are _many_ more built-in transforms in Observable Plot. Let's wrap the day with a transform that normalizes values to some basis (e.g. the first value, mean value, max value, or something else!). We'll use more transforms in future sessions, too! \n\nFor this activity, we'll use a different dataset with lake **volume** for Mono Lake, California — a saline lake supporting a rich and diverse ecosystem, which saw its levels drop drastically after water started being diverted to Los Angeles in the early 1940s. \n","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":421,"value":"monoYearly","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":419,"value":"\nWe'll start by creating a line graph, then normalize to different basis..es?","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":456,"value":"showMe(`Plot.plot({\n marks: [\n Plot.line(monoYearly, Plot.normalizeY({x: \"year\", y: \"volume\", basis: \"first\"})) // Try mean, min, last,!\n ],\n marginLeft: 60\n})`, {dependencies: {monoYearly}})","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":468,"value":"---\n## Congratulations! Done with Session 2!","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":415,"value":"---\n## Appendix","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":403,"value":"import {monoYearly} from \"@observablehq/keep-saving-mono-lake\"","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":168,"value":"SELECT \n SAMPLEDATE as date\n , SECTION as creekSection\n , SPECIES as species\n , LENGTH2 as totalLength\n , WEIGHT as weight \nFROM \"mackCreekVertebrates\"\nWHERE SPECIES='DITE'","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"sql","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"salamanders","database":"mackCreekVertebrates.csv"},{"id":429,"value":"import { showMe } from \"@observablehq/show-me\"","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","providerMetadata":"$undefined","attachments":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"}],"files":"$W31","stdlib":"1"}} 30:"$2f:body"