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Lesson Tip
This survey can be taken on any invention of Bell, Edison or Marconi.

Objectives

• Learns to construct, describe, and interpret a variety of graphs
  and tables
• Learns to make a graph on the computer

Materials
Paper, pencil, computer

Procedure

1. Students will take a survey of at least 20 people on their use of
   the radio. 
2. They will brainstorm for the questions to be asked or they may
   ask the following:
   How often do you listen to the radio?
   Never, one-three times a week, four-six times a week, seven to nine times a week, more
   When do you most often listen?
   Morning, noon, evening or night
   What type of program do you listen to?
   Talk, country, easy listening, rock, classical, rap, other
3. The students may work in groups, create spreadsheets and then plot the results on graphs.

Evaluation
Each student will be graded by the individual survey he/she completed
as well as a group grade for plotting the results on a graph.

Homework
Ask twenty people their radio preferences using the questions
above.

Websites
National Public Radio
http://npr.org/programs/specials/poll/technology/ 

Extension Activities
E-mail the results to a local radio station.