PBS Programming: Math
posted Thursday, 3 January 2008
NewsHour Extra: A Closer Look: Unemployment
Lesson Plan
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Analyze the effects of unemployment nationwide and locally, and understand what it means to be unemployed and who makes up this population. Use current data and local unemployment rates to create graphs, publications and presentations.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/economics/unemployment.html
NOVA: NOVA scienceNOW - Kryptos: Send a Secret Message
Interactive/Online Activity
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Use this automatic encoder to write a note, encode it and send it to a friend for decoding. Put an encoded message into the interactive to have it automatically decoded.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/03.html
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