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Rent and owner's major payments
Students retrieve and map census data to determine the average rent and owners' payments made throughout Canada. They find out how many people are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
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Business 90 Midterm 2: Probability
In this probability worksheet, students examine given business situations and determine the probability of an event. They create tree diagrams and contingency tables. This nine-page worksheet contains 7 multi-step problems.
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Prairie Voices: Community Development, Investigating Local History
Pupils investigate local history. In this research skills lesson, students examine historic landmarks, tax records, fire maps, town plans, historic photographs, newspapers, and other primary sources to learn about local communities in...
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Probability and Applications of Simulations
Middle schoolers apply properties of probability to the real world. In this probability lesson, learners simulate the construction of empirical distribution. They collect and analyze data using central tendencies.
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Taking the Human Rights Temperature of Your School
Students evaluate their school's human rights climate using criteria derived from the universal Declaration of Human Rights. They identify areas of particular concern and develop an action plan to begin addressing the issues.
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Islam and Terrorism
Students explore Muslim beliefs. In this Muslim extremist lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding Muslim beliefs and examine how Muslim extremists have interpreted the tenets of the religion to advance their...
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Bigger, Faster, Stronger . . . Higher
Students analyze popular feelings and beliefs about two major disasters: the sinking of the Titanic (1912) and the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (1986). They compile evidence, through research and interviews, about how much...
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Bar Graphs
Third graders investigate bar graphs. In this third grade mathematics instructional activity, 3rd graders collect and analyze data and use the internet’s Graph challenge to create their own graphs. Students write questions...
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Ins and Outs of Respiration
Students determine their respiratory rate and explore the factors that affect breathing rate.
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Rock On
Students analyze trends in the Grammy Award winners this year and create graphs displaying their findings.
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M & M Madness
Students work with the mathematics unit of collection, organization, and presentation of data. In this math and technology lesson plan, students use Valentine M & M’s and The Graph Club to sort and graph the various colored M & M’s.
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War and Religion
Students analyze perspectives of war. In this war and religion instructional activity, students collaborate to research anti-war and pacifist positions on war as well as "just war" theory. Students compose essays regarding perspectives...
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War and Religion
Students examine world conflicts. In this War on Terrorism lesson, students investigate the criteria of just wars and then determine whether the War on Terrorism fits into the category.
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Finding Fungi in the World Around Us
These lesson ideas will help your students explore the diversity of Kingdom Fungi.
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The Who, What, and Y of Design
Students discover how large national chain stores create product lines that appeal to Generation-Y consumers. After learning in-depth about Target's new Dorm Room line, students create their own Generation-Y inspired product line.
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Science Lesson: Chocolate Flavored Cherries
Students are able to identify start and stop sequences in DNA. They are able to model using restriction enzyme and ligase to remove sections of DNA and reattach them. Students are introduced to the process of recombinat DNA through the...
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Poppin' For Popcorn!
Students graph data from different popcorn flavors. In this graphing lesson, students make graphs using an assigned web site after collecting data about the flavors of popcorn that fellow classmates prefer.
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Students examine graphs to find the most appropriate for various kinds of data. For this graphing lesson, student create bar, line and circle graphs. Students create graphs electronically and manually interpreting the data.
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Breaking News English: Australians Happiest People in the World
In this English learning exercise, students read "Australians Happiest People in the World," and then respond to 20 short answer and 7 true or false questions about the selection.
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Nuclear Storage on the Goshute Reservation
Students discuss weather or not the Goshutes should be allowed to store nuclear waste on their reservation. They work in groups and research an assigned topic, locate relevant sources then present their investigation to the class
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Mapping the changes in Canada's population
Students find and analyze data found in the census. They compare the population from 1996 to 2001. They explore the type of data they can find in the Census of Population.
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Distribution of children living at home
Students examine census data to evaluate the number of students of certain ages living at home. This data is then used to determine the need for day care, or other social programs. They use this information to explore social policies.
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Reporting Back
Students review what it means of being an informed voter. They present their cartoons or quotes work to the class. Youth Summit delegates share impressions of the Summit. They include new information that they obtained and individual...
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Makiing Sense of the Census
Students investigate trends in agriculture. For this secondary mathematics lesson, students evaluate agricultural census data from 1982 to 2202 as they compare the properties of the mean and the median. Students explore what...