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Food Pyramid Picnic
Second graders discuss the food pyramid and appropriate choices for each food group. They plan a nutritional meal for a picnic lunch and make a class book. As a culminating event, the class plans and enjoys a picnic.
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Physical Properties Of Coal
Students examine and identify the observable properties of coal. After a lecture/demo, students perform a simple experiment. They observe samples of coal and record data in an organized manner.
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A Funky Healthy Life Style!
Students name the five food groups and classify foods according to group. They tell how proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins/minerals, and water help their body. Students discuss how play and exercise can help their body.
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The Magic of Markets
Students examine how exchange is trading goods and services with people for other goods and services or money. They examine how people voluntarily exchange goods and services because they expect to be better off after the exchange.
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4 X 4 (Not a Jeep!)
Fourth graders work in groups of 4, complete a puzzle by matching terms and definitions.
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Young Entrepreneur
Sixth graders learn about how easy it is to create a snack food and make people want to buy it.
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Mapping an Artifact
Young scholars copy a present day artifact onto graph paper. In groups, they decide the scale of the drawing and create the picture using specific graphing points. They are also given photographs in which there are no graphing points and...
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The Magic of Markets: How Trade Creates Wealth
Young scholars participate in a trade simulation game. Using this experience, they discover and investigate the conditions that encourage or discourage trade among individuals. They discuss the importance of free trade to increase a...
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Marketing Occupations
Students identify and explain the variables effecting supply and demand in the marketing industry. Then they define the terms supply and demand and graph supply and demand curves on a standard grid. Students also formulate what happens...
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Market Simulation
Students explore the role of markets in Asian countries. They bring items from home to barter with to simulate markets. They discuss the advantages and problems of exchanging and how price is determined.
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Yummy Math
Young mathematicians use bags of Skittles to help them gain practice in graphing and organizing data. They work in pairs, and after they have counted and organized their Skittles, they access a computer program which allows them to print...
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Collecting Data and Graphing
Eighth graders, in groups, count the different colors of M&M's in each kind of package and then draw a pictograph to show the results. Each group writes a program to show their results and then compare the manually-drawn and computer...
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Gaining Familiarity with Magnetism
Learners discuss their perceptions of magnetism and explore the background ideas of magnetism.
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Fractions: Parts of a Set
Pupils identify, model, and label simple fractions. They describe and define them as equal parts of a whole, a region and a set. Students use words to describe fractions. They use manipulatives to explore the many different fractions.
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Discovering Forest Products
Learners identify attributes of natural and manufactured wood products. In this forest products instructional activity, students perform independent research to find an article about forest use or forest products. They spread out samples...
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The Wild Wild Mid-West
Eleventh graders examine reasons for Louisiana Purchase and identify those who played key roles in it, create map of Louisiana Purchase and states that are part of it, and analyze overall importance of Louisiana Purchase.
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Technical Writing
Students discuss technical writing and its importance in the work place and review the definition of technical writing They evaluate technical writing examples and look for characteristics of effective technical writing. They conduct a...
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Economics
Students review economic trends from the past 30 years. They compare and contrast GDP and GNP. They identify other social indicators of economic progress as well.
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Exploring the Variety of World Markets
Students examine the various types of world markets and analyze the differences between developed and developing countries. They watch a PowerPoint presentation and take notes, participate in a role-play that demonstrates supply and...
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Eating a Low-fat Nutritious Lunch
Students describe healthy and delicious lunch foods to replace junk foods. They make and eat lunch foods.
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Eating a Nutritious Lunch
Students identify the types of foods and snacks they eat for their lunch. In groups, they identify healthy foods along with unhealthy foods. They design a new lunch menu using only healthy food and identifying which food group they belong.
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Mars Fraction Hunt
Students gain practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions, and paying attention to detail. They divide a word into appropriate fractional parts and use equivalent fractions to correctly divide words.
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All in Heaven
Young scholars determines that God calls all of us to be saints. They assess that though God wants us all in heaven, He has a unique "map" for each of us. They observe that saints were normal people just like us. They choose to follow...