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Life Span

Look through the newspaper to find the names and ages of ten men and ten women who have died. Chart the ages and causes of death. What conclusions can you draw from your statistics?

Subject:

Life Science

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 7th

Skill or Strand:

Human Body

Standard:

Students observe the relationship between age and cause of death.

Ad Categories

What categories of ads (other than classified) appear in only one section of the newspaper? Chart the ad categories and sections. Why do you think this is? If you were advertising toys in what section would you place your ad? Why?

Subject:

Newspaper

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Analysis of Text

Standard:

Students identify the structural features of informational text.

Tourism

Tourists help create additional jobs for a community. They also bring money to the community's economy. Find three articles or ads from your paper about places tourists might visit in your community.

Subject:

Geography

Grade:

3rd

Skill or Strand:

Natural Resources

Standard:

Students describe features in their local region and the ways people use resources.

Rounding Off

Find items for sale in the newspaper that are advertised for more than $100 but less than $1000. Paste them on a paper. Round the figures to the nearest $100 and write the new number by the pasted figure.

Subject:

Number Sense

Grade:

3rd 4th

Skill or Strand:

Rounding Numbers

Standard:

Students round off numbers to the nearest hundred and thousand.

TV Time

Use the TV schedule in the newspaper. Pick out the television programs that you watch each day. List the programs and the length of time they are on the air. Total your time in hours and minutes for one day's TV viewing. Compute how many hours a week would you spend watching. How many hours a month? A year?

Subject:

Measurement

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Skill or Strand:

Time

Standard:

Students find a sum using hours and minutes; demonstrate understanding of time relationships; determine the duration of a time interval.