Overview the assignment, including Student Worksheet 1. Students are required to find the population and square mileage of their state. All 50 states should be covered no 2 students should have the same states. The 50 U.S. States - will take them directly to a page with the area of their state on it. U.S. Census Bureau - will take them to The Census Bureau's Home Page, from there they search for the population.
Students access web sites to obtain information to fill in their worksheets.
After all information has been retrieved, the class meets to retrieve information for the class graphs. As whole class graphs come together, individuals label and graph the class findings on their individual graphs. All 50 states should be graphed on class and individual graphs Day 1. Discuss class findings. We'll use our graphs to analyze the data we found tomorrow.