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Vermont. Its in the News Students select a current events item
of interest and work in teams to extract the measurements
embedded in the news reports. The teams use unit conversion
methods to further their understanding of the issues and relate
that understanding to measurements (magnitudes) more closely
related to themselves and their daily lives. The teams will
implement a mini-lesson on that unit of measure to the rest of
the class and create two electronic pages (part of an ebook) to
share their perspectives with other students, parents, and
community members. This authentic audience will have an
opportunity to give feedback on these pages within private/HES
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