Shared Birthdays

• Students will gather classmates' birthday
• Students will complete an Excel chart and graph using data collected on classmates.
• Students will go to specific web sites to find a notable person who shares their birthday. http://www.famouspeople.com http://www.infoplease.com
• Students will research biographical information of person that shares their birthday.
• Students will develop a PowerPoint presentation of famous person.
• Students will write a brief summary in Word of what is liked and disliked about the famous person.

• NetWize eBuddies
• Internet access
• Spreadsheet and word processing applications
• Data gathering worksheet

• Language Arts:
  Writing:
  1. Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions
  4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
  Reading:
  7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
  Listening and Speaking:
  8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
  
• Mathematics Standards:
  6. Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis

• Students will fill in Data Worksheet of classmates' birthdays (see handout)
• Students will fill in an Excel worksheet with student data (see instructions)
• Students will create a chart using data. (see example)
• Using the Internet, the students will use http://www.famouspeople.com or http://www.infoplease.com to search for a famous person that has the same birthday.
• Using the Internet, the students will use http://www.biography.com to research biographical information on the famous person.
• Using PowerPoint, the students will develop a three slide presentation with at least 2 graphics on the following information:
  • Slide 1: biographical information-birthday, death, where born etc
  • Slide 2: profession
  • Slide 3: accomplishments
• Students will present slide presentation with narrative of famous person
• Students will write a brief summary in Word explaining what is best liked and least liked about the famous person.

• Time on task; teacher observation
• Data worksheet correctly done
• Excel chart correctly done
• PowerPoint presentation with the requirements met
• Summary

• Breakdown each month with the number of boys and girls birthdays
• Do predictions: which month has more birthdays, which season has more birthdays

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