Students explore employment by analyzing the newspaper. For this wanted ads lesson, students identify the importance of job selection and job growth while reading entries in the wanted ads for employment opportunities. Students answer...

Learners observe the effect "El Nino" left on kelp plants and sea urchins. They analyze the data collected by researchers, by graphing it on a TI calculator. Before graphing and analyzing the data, you may want to revisit the events of...

Young scholars read food labels and understand their meaning. In this healthy eating lesson, students discuss healthy foods and snacks. Young scholars understand the fat and calorie content of foods and discuss the regulations on...

Young scholars examine and read advertisements related to cars. Using the ads, they recognize prices, telephone numbers, content and the target audience of the ad. They create their own advertisement using appropriate vocabulary and...

Students complete activities to discover spending, goods, services, price, advertising, choice, alternatives, criteria and opportunity cost.