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Featured Activity: Let’s Get the Count Right ActivityFeatured Activity: Let’s Get the Count Right Activity
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US Department of Commerce
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K - 2nd
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Featured Activity: Let’s Get the Count Right

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Don't leave anyone out. To highlight the importance of the US Census to younger learners, an activity has them distribute markers to see if there are enough for each person. They see that counting the population is necessary to fairly allocate resources.

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Concepts

the census, counting, population, comparisons

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Team up with a music teacher for the Everyone Counts song

Classroom Considerations

  • Resource specifically mentions the 2020 Census
  • Pupils need to be able to count to 100

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  • Provides student worksheets
  • Gives detailed instructions for facilitators, including questions to use during discussion

Cons

  • None

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