Vampires: Fact or Fiction?

Students predict how many vampires are in the world, based on the legend that, once bitten, each victim becomes a vampire. Extrapolating how many vampires would populate the earth in 30+ weeks, students then compare the total predicted vampire population against earth's total human population. This creative lesson by Microsoft improves math, problem solving, and group skills. This activity is great since The Twilight Saga is such a big hit right now. Computer access and Microsoft Excel are needed in order to complete this particular activity.

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Vampires: Fact or Fiction?

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives:

Students will:

create Excel sheet and interpret graphs.
problem-solve using real world data.
make predictions and analyze data.

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level:

Understanding

Helpful Hints

Materials Needed:

Internet access
Microsoft Excel (Note: teacher can choose to do this manually or on their own for a bulletin board idea)
printer (if wishing to assess student work)

References

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Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation

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