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Inequalities in the Workforce
Fourth graders examine careers that differ in the amount of wages paid to women and men. They interview their parents and discover they are contributing to society. They discover their role within the community as well.
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Workplace Dialogue
High schoolers identify five slang words that they use everyday. They complete a worksheet about dialogue at work and answer questions. They role-play one of the scenerios with another student.
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Researching a Company
Students conduct internet research on companies that they are interested in working for. They determine what jobs are currently available, what requirements are needed to apply for those jobs and examine the benefits provided by each...
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Problem Solving Lesson Plan 2
Students study a number of work and family management roles and techniques.
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Energy Conversions: Science and the Use of Energy
Students consider the concept of energy and its sources. They study how energy is converted for use and how it is managed and conserved.
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Tools and Machines for Work: Saving your Energy
Students consider how tools and machines can make work easier. They examine specific tools for making work easier.
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Community, State, Country
First graders identify the town, county, state, and country in which they reside and the places where people work. They draw a picture of one of the places where people work.
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Work and Leisure
First graders distinguish between work and leisure activities, identify examples of people participating in each of these types of activities, and put them in the correct category.
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Pedometer Calorie Counter Game
Students investigate food and calories. They examine the amount of work it takes to burn those excess calories.
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Children Around the World: Child Labor
Students research the history of child labor and the child labor that still exists in the world today.
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Simple Machines
Students discover that simple machines reduce the effort required in a task. For this simple machines lesson students see demonstrations of simple machines.
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Work and Power
Students investigate work and power. In this energy activity, students use the scientific method process to explore how much work and power it takes for a person to climb a stair case.
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Simple Machine Test
Students complete several worksheets about machines. In this machine lesson students complete several handouts that describe the different machines and how pulleys work.
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Work Discussion Questions
In this questions about work worksheet, students read and answer the 12 questions about jobs, working and unemployment.
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Prairie Voices...Making a Living
Pupils explore the many ways people support themselves and their families. In this economics lesson, students review newspapers and compare types of jobs. Pupils create daily schedules for an adult worker and role play job interview...
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Home Energy Audit: Energy Worksheet
In this energy worksheet, high schoolers compare work and energy, determine which situations require the greater amount of work, and explain kinetic and potential energy. This worksheet has 4 short answer questions and 4 fill in the...
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Energy Works!
In this energy worksheet, students review the different types of energy and determine what form of work that energy provides. Then students give examples of how energy is related to work. This worksheet has 1 graphic organizer and 3...
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Work Problems
In this work activity, students determine how much work or how much force is required to move objects of specific weight a certain distance. This activity has 10 problems to solve.
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Vocabulary: Talking About Your Work 1
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 10 sentences about working and choose the best response for the blank word. Students use their best judgment in correct grammar.
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Work Force Awareness
Pupils identify desirable personal qualities for a chosen workplace. They brainstorm 3 work environments of good and poor personal work qualities. Students interview their parents or employer. They comprehend learning style and how it...
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How Advertising Works
Students investigate the concept of advertising while using the context of tanning lotion. They have a class discussion using examples provided in the lesson to measure the effectiveness of advertising. Students investigate the key...
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Size Per Unit
Fifth graders investigate how to find the average and the concept of a per unit quantity and its applications. They also make connections of using population density and how to find the speed with its relating formula. This is bringing...
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Work and Play: Today and Yesterday
First graders investigate the concept of play and work. They use primary and secondary resources in order to find the information of comparing the concepts in the context of the past to present day. Students brainstorm to find the...
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Elastic Racquet
Young scholars discover the science behind a tennis racket by looking at a simple toy that works in a similar way. After looking at the related mathematical equations, students experiment with the simple toy to find the spring constant k...