They range from an understanding of the gifts that come from embracing adventure and challengeââand how to overcome fear and survive uncertaintyââto the importance and power of passion, an authentic voice, and a clear sense of mission and purpose.
As a result, the demonstration method projects a mental image in the students mind, which fortifies verbal knowledge. The demonstration method has universal appeal, because it is understandable to all and also adaptable to both individual and group teaching.
(Benchmarks for Science Literacy, p. 295.) The purpose of this lesson is to help students learn how to use and interpret graphs. The graphs will be pulled from a variety of sources, and the activities ask students to interpret graphs. Students need to start this lesson with the knowledge of what a graph is. They should also know how to observe and collect data.