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Interested in writing for a newspaper? Check out this article in The Kansas City Star about students who've won awards for the passion they express in their newspaper writing.
Inkspot is the writer's resource with over 2000 pages of information about the craft and business of writing and special sections for young writers and teachers.
A good set of resources and links for students looking for careers in newspaper reporting and writing can be found at the University of Kansas.
Interested specifically in writing about sports? Then try Sportswriting.com for information on careers, journalists' forum, Guide for New Writers, and information on how your school can get someone from their Speaker's Bureau.
Read about Women in Sports Journalism a page that features both print and web resources on women sports reporters and writers.
Is sports writing your passion? Check out the University of Seattle's profile on a student who is a sports editor.
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Crayon? Yes, it stands for Create Your Own Newspaper - your personalized internet news service. Join up and check it out. Or just click on "links" for the most awesome list of newspaper-related sites. The site also features links to 14 Ohio newspapers. If your community's paper isn't included in the links - let them know!
Both of these sites offer an opportunity for you to set up your own newspaper, with information that is important to you, or perhaps helps with papers or class assignments.
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Having problems with percents? No problem! Check out WebMath to learn how to solve word problems involving percents.
John Tyler Community College has an area set aside for explaining Percents and showing how to convert to both fractions and decimals.
Visual learners having difficulty with percents will be helped by the graphs and charts at Percents, a service of Shodor Educational Foundation.
Sports: Numbers Tell the
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The students here will work in small cooperative learning groups to promote a new baseball team. Among other elements in the lesson, the students will systematically collect, organize, and analyze data as well as construct, read, interpret tables, charts, and graphs.
Homerun Web gives you Sabermetrics, the study of baseball using statistics to analyze the game.
Teachers Note: Mathematics in Baseball lesson was written by Michael T. Battista and is presented here by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse.
More baseball math lessons can be found at Math, Baseball and the San Francisco Giants.
The Sports Almanac has more stats than you'd ever want for just about any sports team, anywhere!
Sports Central is all sports, all the time.
SportsBytes Magazine has league standings and stats for all the big professional sports.
Top of the Key has been writing about sports for fans since 1995.
National Professional Soccer League features standings, links, and all kinds of soccer information.
Dan's Soccer Zone was selected by SoccerAmerica in its May 31, 1999 print issue as THE place for USL news.
Here's the link with the latest - all the scores you could ever hope to find from USAToday.
Another great link for sports statistics is the Information Please Sports Almanac or CBS Sportsline.
Setting up your own stat sheet can be fun, unless you have a problem figuring out percents and averages. Check out the Highline Math Program for help.
Local Sports Online has set up a Baseball Stats Calculator that figures batting averages, ERAs, and so on. Another Calculator can be found at Baseball Resources set up by GreyMatter Productions.
If Basketball is your game, use the Individual Winning Percentages Calculator set up by L. Dean Oliver
For Football, the NFL: Passer Rating Calculator allows you to determine the official rating for any passer in the NFL. For quarterbacks, go to the Quarterback Passer Rating Calculator.
For other sports, check out Calculators On-Line Center
Take a swing at figuring out batting averages with HBO's Sports Activities and Study Guide for Kids.
The North Carolina Public Schools InfoWeb has "Batter's Up" which is a computer skills curriculum spreadsheet lesson plan.
Andrews University has a great site - Averages: Mean, Mode, Median, or Midrange?
Lesson Overview:
The mean is the mathematical average. Mean, Mode & Median are defined for you by the University of Arizona.
A Statistical Lesson using NBA roster information can be found here.
Serious sports fans who are interested in getting beyond the headlines should check out MoreThanTheScore.com.
Sports: Choose Your Game
Having trouble visualizing a graph to represent the data you collected in your survey? Check out the Graphing Tutorial which shows the basic concepts, types of graphs and style issues.
Surveys can be conducted in many different ways. Action Research from the Oregon Public Education Network has a great overview of methods at Data Collection Techniques
Concordia University also features a "slide show" of Data Collection Techniques.
Brainstorming is a great way for students to generate ideas. You'll find tips on good brainstorming techniques at this site, as well as at Mind Tools