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Cooking on a Budget
Young scholars explain if they like expensive or less expensive brands. They choose and eat a complete meal and evaluate themselves on its cost, nutrition and taste.
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Keeping Warm
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
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Setting up an Enrichment System
Students earn incentives from local businesses for both academics and good behavior.
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Collect the Eggs Game
In this Eggs Game activity, students cut out and put together the game board, tokens, cards and game spinner. Students try to collect the most eggs cards while playing the game.
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Creating a Nutrition Table in MicroSoftExcel
Students access the internet to find Nutritional information from a restaurant of their choice and compile their information into an excel spreadsheet.
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Menu Mania
Young scholars explore the concept of estimating by watching a video, and discussing the strategies for estimation. They estimate the costs for various menu items, then calculate the exact amount spent.
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Graphing the Daily Revenue of Miami Seaquarium
Seventh graders compile a table of the revenues of the 8 eateries (a combined total), Main Gate admissions, and the Gift Shop.
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Issues Poll
Students chart out what an opinion poll is and its effects on issues in society. They view an authentic poll to compare/contrast. In addition, they type out a word association key to help assemble a poll and then take a survey on...
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Amphipods
Students identify organisms that live at the bottom of the body of water. In this biology lesson, students evaluate the effects of pollution to amphipods population. They examine collected data and create a bar graph comparing them.
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Seafood: For the Love of Fish
Students role play a scenario specific to decision making in seafood management and conservation. In this marine science lesson, students estimate seafood consumption in their state. They recommend new regulations for better fishery...