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___ListsthetotalpopulationforCA

___ComparestheratioofmalestofemalesinCA(notsimplified)

___ComparestheratioofpeopleintheiragegrouptothoseofanyotheragegroupinCA(not
simplified)

___PopulationdensityofCAandsurroundingstatesisproperlyplottedonanumberline

___GrowthrateofthepopulationinCAoverthepasttenyearsisproperlydisplayedinatable
andlinegraph

___DescribespatternsinthelinegraphaboutCApopulationoverthepast10years

___DescribeshowpopulationdatacanbeusedtopredictpopulationofCAin2020

___Createdatablethatdisplayshow1milliondollarswouldbedividedbetweenfour
surroundingcountiesbasedoneachcountyspopulation.EXPLAINwhyyoudistributedin
thatway

___Includeswhatfractionofthe1milliondollarswouldgotoOrangeCountyandwhy

Score

Descriptor

Allactivitieslistedabovearecompletedandcorrect

Missingoneactivityfromthelistabovewithfewerrors

Missingthreeactivitiesfromthelistabovewithfewerrors

Missingfouractivitiesfromthelistabovewithmanyerrors

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ChoicestoShareInformation:

Choice#1Presentation
MathProjectPresentationRubric
Score

Descriptor

Describeswhatyouhavelearnedfromeachpopulationresearchactivity
Reflectsonhowweusemathematicsinrealworldsituations
Includesatleast3GATEThinkingToolsinexplanations
Includesaspreadsheet,graph,andoneothervisualdisplay
Informationispresentedinacreativeway

Describeswhatyouhavelearnedfromsomeofthepopulationresearchactivities
Includes1or2GATEThinkingToolsinexplanations
Reflectsonhowweusemathematicsinrealworldsituations
Includesonlytwovisualdisplays
Informationispresentedinacreativeway

Describeswhatyouhavelearnedfromfewofthepopulationresearchactivities
Includesonlytwovisualdisplays

Describeswhatyouhavelearnedfromonlyoneofthepopulationresearch
activities
Includesonlyonevisualdisplay

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Choice#2PersuasiveLettertoLocalGovernmentOfficial

PersuasiveLettertoLocalGovernmentOfficialRubric
Score

Descriptor

Theletter:
includesanexplanationofwhatyoulearnedaboutCaliforniaspopulation
lobbiesforanewserviceprovidedforyourcommunity
providesaconvincingexplanationforwhythisserviceshouldbeappliedusing
specificdatalearnedfromtheactivities
providesapossiblecounterargumentanddisprovesitwithevidence
containsminimalspellingerrors,usescorrectgrammar,punctuation,and
capitalization

Theletter:
includesanexplanationofwhatyoulearnedaboutCaliforniaspopulation
lobbiesforanewserviceprovidedforyourcommunity
providesastrongexplanationforwhythisserviceshouldbeappliedusingdata
learnedfromtheactivities
containsafewspellingerrors,usescorrectgrammar,punctuation,andcapitalization

Theletter:
includessomeinformationaboutwhatyoulearnedaboutCaliforniaspopulation
lobbiesforanewserviceprovidedforyourcommunity
providesaweakexplanationforwhythisserviceshouldbeapplied
containsamanyspellingerrors,usescorrectgrammar,punctuation,and
capitalization

Theletter:
includeslittleaboutwhatyoulearnedaboutCaliforniaspopulation
lobbiesforanewserviceprovidedforyourcommunity
offersaweakexplanationforwhythisserviceshouldbeapplied
containsseriousspellingerrors,usescorrectgrammar,punctuation,and
capitalization

ContactGovernorJerryBrown
https://govnews.ca.gov/gov39mail/mail.php
ContactMayorofAnaheim,TomTait
http://www.anaheim.net/2102/MayorTomTait

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