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Let the resource take center stage in a lesson on population density. Scholars use provided historical data on the center of the US population to see how it shifted over time. They plot the data on a spreadsheet to look the speed of its movement.
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Instructional Ideas
- Team up with a geography or social studies teacher for the lesson
Classroom Considerations
- Activity requires an atlas and measuring tools
- Pupils should be familiar with spreadsheets
- Knowledge of trigonometric functions is necessary
- Inputting all values into a spreadsheet may take some time
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- Provides an answer key with professional-looking graphs
- Gives printable worksheet for the task