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Math TODAY for TI-Navigator System - Is Leisure Time Really Shrinking?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers organize data from the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Is leisure time really shrinking?" into two scatter plots and determine the quadratic model for each scatter plot. They determine if these graphs intersect and learn the concept...
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Math Today - World Population Milestones

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students use the data from USA TODAY Snapshot "World population milestones" to explore and explain the trends in the world population.
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Word Problems: "Leaving D.C."

For Students 4th - 6th
In this solving math story problems instructional activity, students read statistics from the Student edition of USA Today to solve word problems. Students solve 6 problems.
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Religious Book Sales Climb

For Students 5th - 6th
In this analyzing data worksheet, learners review a graph from the USA Today. Students study the graph and answer four questions about the graph. There are also two extension questions included.
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Economics: Supply, Demand & Personal Finance

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Economics/Personal financial literacy instructional activity, students use USA Today to find article, photos, charts, or graphics related to events that are affecting the prices of different products and services.  Students...
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Critical Thinking & Writing: Brainstorming

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Have your young writers organize their thoughts before writing. They generate ideas through various brainstorming activities prior to writing a mock feature news story for USA Today. A series of USA Today articles debating the level of...
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Math TODAY - The New Color of Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scholars work with large numbers when determining the height of a stack of $20 bills.
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Sky High Fuel

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fuel price worksheet, students examine a chart that shows fuel prices between 2001 and 2005. They compute the answers to 3 word problems in which they work with finding average. They complete an extension activity in which they...
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Number of Cell phones in Use Per Household

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this cell phones instructional activity, students study a bar graph of the number of cell phones usage in households. Students answer 5 questions about the graph.
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Super Ticket Sales

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Use this graphing data using box and whisker plots lesson to have learners make box and whisker plots about ticket sales of popular movies. They find the mean, median, and mode of the data. Pupils compare ticket sales of the opening...
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Drug Sales Soar - Rate of Change

For Students 5th - 10th
In this prescription drug worksheet, students answer short answer questions and create graphs on the sales of prescription drugs over a five year span. Students complete six questions.
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Drug Sales Soar: Bar Graph

For Students 5th - 7th
In this graphs worksheet, students analyze a bar graph that shows retail prescription drug sales in the U.S. Students complete five problem solving questions about the data on the graph.
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Corn-Crop is a Bin-Buster

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners calculate percent change and create lists of data. They enter the corresponding bushels of corn measured in billions to their list and display, then convert the acres into scientific notation and use the value on the home screen...
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Coming Clean About Showering Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners measure objects using the Cabri Jr. application in this technology lesson. Your class will explore the TI-83 and 84 incorporated with Cabri Jr. to solve business related problems. This is a technology based lesson.
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Dangerous Fun

For Students 6th - 7th
In this line graph activity, students analyze the data on a graph about toy-related injuries by year. Students solve 5 problems in which the change in injuries per year is calculated and recorded on a table.
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More Students Taking Online Courses

For Students 6th - 8th
In this graph worksheet, students study a bar graph that shows the number of college students taking at least one online course. Students answer 4 problem solving questions about the data on the graph.
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U.S. Beach Attendance

For Students 4th - 5th
In this bar graphs worksheet, students analyze the information about beach attendance over a period of 5 years. Students solve 3 story problems about the graph.
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Seized Before Flights: Graph

For Students 6th - 8th
In this bar graph learning exercise, students analyze a graph that show the number of prohibited items intercepted at U.S. airport screening checkpoints. Students answer 3 problem solving questions about the data on the graph.
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Live, From New York

For Students 6th - 7th
In this data analysis worksheet, students study the information on a data table about the hosts of Saturday Night Live. Students answer 8 problem solving questions about the table.
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More of U.S.

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore graphical representation of a real-life data set and determine the exponential regression model for the data in your classroom. Students also compare the estimated value to the given value by determining the percent error.
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Meatiest States: Graph Problem Solving

For Students 6th - 7th
In this graph problem solving worksheet, students analyze a graph that shows commercial red meat production in five states. Students answer 5 word problems using the data on the graph.