Math
To find the square root websites sheet, go here.
In the Media Center
Your questions are already asked for you. Look at your Estimating and Large Numbers sheet.
The information requested is available from the sites listed below.
Population and Area of China and the United States
Culturegrams or CIA factbook - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Population of the World
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Chesapeake Bay
Empire State Building
Washington Monument
Blood in a human
Try Science Resource Center (what system is the blood in? Read the green articles.)
Deaths Each Day in the United States
(make it a math problem)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
Births each day in the United States
(make it a math problem)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
Smokers in United States
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigarette_Smoking_and_Cancer.asp
United States Budget - Click on the + sign by Economy and scroll down and look for the word budget.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html#Econ
Defense Budget - Open the pdf for the department of defense, go to Page 5, make sure you get the total from the table. It is in millions!
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy09/browse.html
Date for beginning of agriculture
Student Resource Center – Look for article “Cradle of Agriculture”
http://schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/garden/gardenhis.html
Date for beginning of rock music
Date for beginning of writing
O - Organize Information
Put all information on your graphic organizer.
P - Prepare
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