Wisconsin This Is Your State!

Created by:

Rhonda Ross, Judy Sowle, Teresa Hellermann

Oconto School District

Introduction

Congratulations! You have been selected as a contestant on the Wisconsin Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Show. Having just moved to the state you know very little about it. By completing this journey, you will become knowledgeable about the state. You will also construct 3 types of graphs and learn to interpret your information. Good luck!

 

Task 1

Your job, in order to help you win the million dollars, will be to research, read, and acquire information, from various web sites.

1. Click here and print a copy of the Wisconsin county map. http://counties.wisconsin.com/ Shade in the county on your map of your choice.

2.You will be comparing the populations of 5 cities from the county that you choose. This information will be used to construct a bar graph. Click here to access your county's population. http://www.doa.state.wi.us/dhir/boir/demographic/mcd_info.asp

After printing, highlight 5 cities from the 2000 estimate column, include the highest and lowest total, and 3 others of your choice.

To get to your bar graph, click on This. Type your cities and population numbers. Then print your graph. Always click on the Back button to return to the directions.

 

Task 2

1.Congratulations, you've completed Task 1! Regis would be proud!!! In this task you will be researching and comparing the area of five different counties of your choice. Not sure what area is? Click here to get more info:

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol1/area_rectangle.html

Now that you are an expert at area, you will be locating and recording the area of 5 counties of your choice. Use your county list that was provided earlier as a reference. Print your list from the chart provided, then highlight your 5 county choices. Be sure to choose counties of different sizes.

Click here for the table of counties and their areas and print this page:

http://counties.wisconsin.com/co/counties_stats.html

Type your five county names and numbers from the area column and print this out.

To access your graph click on This.

 

 

Task 3

Now that you have completed your second task, you're almost there. This is your last task and soon you will have the knowledge to win a million dollars on Regis' show. Have fun and enjoy this last task.

You will be traveling from Your City to 5 other cities in Wisconsin. Click here to print the distance mile worksheet. This You will be recording the number of miles to each city from Your City on the bar graph. Go to This to calculate the number of miles.

Print This to get the graph on mileage.

Congratulations!!! You are on your way to become a millionaire!!!

Click here to print your reward $$$$$$

Click here to hear the round of applause for all your hard work!

 

Conclusion

You have learned a lot about Wisconsin and the many things it has to offer! In addition we hope you have become familiar with different types of graphs and how helpful computers can be when plotting information. Good luck and see you in the 'hot seat'!

 

 

 

 

Evaluation/Assessment | Wisconsin State Standards Alignment | Wisconsin This Is Your State Outline |

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments.

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