State Data Comparison

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State Data Comparison

• Using electronic databases to
• create a data supported opinion and
• illustrate findings.
• Created by Sally K. Mays
• Plymouth Creek Elementary
• Wayzata Public Schools

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State Data Comparison

• Perfect Storm
• Famous People older books--check each DOA!
• Subscription for CultureGrams_at_

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State Data Comparison

• What need for 21st?
• Tech skills okay
• Information Process z e r o!
• Less than 25 of HS students
• Good search
• Put information in context

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State Data Comparison

• Find facts tech skills
• Write FACT sentence
• Develop an informed opinion.
• Higher level thinking skills!

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State Data Comparison

• Open your browser
• Find the Library Media Center Web page
• Click on the spinning globe
• This will open CultureGrams login screen
• You remember dont you? If not ASK!

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State Data Comparison

• Open your browser
• Find the Library Media Center Web page
• Click on the spinning globe
• This will open CultureGrams login screen
• You remember dont you? If not ASK!

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• Click on State Edition
• Look for the red

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State Data Comparison

• Look left for
• Create your own data table

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State Data Comparison

• Find your report state
• Click on it
• Find Minnesota
• Click on it
• Slide over to the right
• Click on it
• Enter the Union
• Population
• Total Area Sq. Miles

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State Data Comparison

• Click on Create comparison table
• this is what it will look like
• Print this
• Check your data
• Do you have the correct columns?
• Entered the Union
• Population
• Total area in square miles

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State Data Comparison
Record your data on the hand out sheet Write a
fact about the data For example. . . Minnesota
has been a state 99 years longer than Alaska
Minnesota has almost nine times more people than
Alaska Alaska is almost 8 times more
land than Minnesota Do some math! Use real
numbers!
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• Flip your handout over.
• Now think about the facts-
• Where would you rather live?
• Support your OPINION
• with the facts you just wrote!

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• Create a chart to show Square area

• Open the excel
• A1 add your first state
• A2 add your next state
• B1 add this states data
• B2 add this state
• Highlight the four cells
• Go to the top Insert
• Look for Column chart
• When your column chart appears- Print it
• Add this to your written Data comparison and add
  to your state report

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• What Really happens!

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State Data Comparison

• What does this chart show you?

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State Data Comparison

• What does this chart show you?

Nothing!
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State Data Comparison

• What Really happens!

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