Its in the News

Students select a current events item of interest and work in teams to extract the measurements embedded in the news reports.  The teams use unit conversion methods to further their understanding of the issues and relate that understanding to measurements (magnitudes) more closely related to themselves and their daily lives.  The teams will implement a mini-lesson on that unit of measure to the rest of the class and create two electronic pages (part of an ebook) to share their perspectives with other students, parents, and community members.  This authentic audience will have an opportunity to give feedback on these pages within private/HES only 

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