Dear Data Trackers,

Today we’re going to talk about how we know what we know about the American people. Every ten years, the government collects census information. That’s a way of not only figuring out how many people live in this country (the 2010 census tabulated 308, 745, 538 people) but also where they live, what they do, what languages they speak, and who they are. This information is vitally important and what’s more, it’s really interesting.

Today we will do a classroom census and crunch the data that we come up with. We’ll need to collect the data, display the data, analyze the data, and interpret the data. What we most want to do is use the data to tell us something true and interesting about our class.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck

P.S. We will continue to follow Felix Baumgartner’s attempt at the breaking the sound barrier in just a pressurized suit. Hopefully, he launches soon.