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.

Concepts

population, population distribution, trigonometry applications

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Additional Tags

math

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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
  

Pros

• Provides an answer key with professional-looking graphs
• Gives printable worksheet for the task
  

Cons

Common Core

HSF-TF.B.7 HSG-MG.A.2