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Lesson Topic/Title: Population Clock Author: Sabrina Requena and Vanessa Meyer Introduction: This lesson is like a Treasure Hunt. The only difference is that the questions that need to be answered are always on the screen. Students will have an activity sheet that has different questions that they have to find on the web sites. Students are not allowed to roam around the Internet; they have certain pages that will have the answers to their questions. Content Area and Grade Level: 5th Grade Mathematics NE Math Standards: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/Issu/MATH/mathSTANDS.html 8.1.3 By the end of eighth grade, students will represent and
use numbers in a variety of different forms. Integrated disciplines: technology Objectives:
Materials/Technologies: Population Clock http://sbgmath.com/gr5/501p008/501p008_preinx.html Activity Sheet http://sbgmath.com/gr5/501p008/501p008_inx0a.html Procedures: What teacher is to do: Print out the activity sheet for students http://sbgmath.com/gr5/501p008/501p008_inx0a.html. Have students go to http://sbgmath.com/gr5/501p008/501p008_preinx.html and answer the questions for the sheet. What students are to do: Go to http://sbgmath.com/gr5/501p008/501p008_preinx.html and answer the questions on the activity sheet. Closure: Ask students to stay on the website and ask questions that weren't on the activity sheet. Assessment: Students will be assessed on completion of the activity sheet. Explanation: This activity is a great way for students to learn about the population of the U.S. They get to learn about what the population is at the exact moment that they are doing this lesson. I think this is a very interesting website because the chart shows that there is one birth every 8 seconds and a death every 13 seconds and more information. I think students will have fun with this type of learning on the Internet!
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