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Over-the-Counter Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the changing consumer habits of Americans of various socioeconomic classes. They examine the exact costs of products, services and interest rates mentioned in the article and reflect on their own spending habits and...
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A GROWING MARKET

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students reasearch and grow a plant and present findings. They are told that bedding plant is the name for young plants grown. Students choose one plant to research and they use their worksheet to create an information sheet explaining...
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Business: What Are Advertisers Selling?

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Pupils will search for hidden messages in advertising and the "hidden audience." They gain a greater understanding of the structures of advetising and marketing.
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Show Me the Money: Labor/Management Issues in Professional Baseball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the baseball players in the past and present and see how the union played a part in lives.  In this labor lesson plan students analyze documents and identify the effects of the different markets on labor salaries. 
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Passport to Globalization

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars discover how to live on a low budget. In this economics lesson plan, students investigate how the value of money in different countries affects market exchange. They should be familiar with money exchange policy.  
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Creepy Critters

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop a classification scheme based on the structural features of organisms.  In this organism lesson students divide into teams and complete a fun activity. 
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Crude Awakenings

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students first discover the tensions that have recently caused the price of crude oil to skyrocket. They explore the ways in which oil prices are determined, investigating both free market and oligopoly conditions.
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Appeal of Tourist Destinations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the appeal of different tourism destinations. They identify how appeal applies to the opening of a new theme park. They explore how tourism organizations enter a new market.
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Total English Advanced: A Question of Comparatives

For Students 6th - 9th
In this comparatives practice learning exercise, students sharpen their grammar skills as they examine 13 sentences and choose the appropriate word from the word bank to finish them. Students write 5 sentences following comparative...
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Fish Morphology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students identify the various parts of a fish. They describe the concept of fish morphology and relate shape, form and structure of a fish's parts to function.
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Although & Even Though

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students combine together ten sets of sentences by adding the transitional devices although and/or even though.
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Distortion Unleashed

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners view examples of man-made structures and create a building that matches the style. Using the internet, they research the style of Frank Lloyd Wright and create plans for creating their own community. They use a painting of...
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Bead Game Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students have the opportunity to participate in the three basic economic systems, (market, command, and tradition).
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The Labor Force and Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners calculate employment and unemployment rate. For this economics lesson, students investigate the labor market and make predictions based on collected data. They also calculate unemployment rate in the class.  
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Acquiring Additional Capital Stock

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students become involved in the practice of learning about finance. The emphasis is on how one uses the stock market. One can also learn how to use personal finance and become acquainted with debt management.
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Road Rules: Researching and Buying a Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do the loan principal, interest rate, and term all factor into a monthly car payment? Introduce your class to some of the key steps and considerations of obtaining a loan and purchasing a car.
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Lesson Plan: The Net Neutrality Debate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Should Internet users who send data-heavy content pay higher fees than those who are involved in activities, like sending an email, that have less content? This question is at the heart of the Net Neutrality debate. After watching a PBS...
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Technology, R&D, and Efficiency

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
For use in conjunction with the 2002 McGraw-Hill/Irwin US Economics text, this presentation highlights key points and important vocabulary. Specific economic concepts and theories, R & D expenditures, rate-of-return curve and...
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Systematics: Classifying Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students describe the techniques biologists use to classify organisms. In this biology lesson, students create cladograms and phylogenetic trees. They list the levels of taxonomic hierarchy.
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Economics: Elasticity of Prices

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discover the elasticity concepts of price, income, cross elasticity, and elasticity of supply. They apply this knowledge to an activity about Britain's Birmingham Northern Relief Road.
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Cyber Currency, Currently

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the value of currency and how to save and earn interest. In a key lesson, kids even get to purchase items in their classroom's general store. It's a fun way to learn the importance of being financially literate!
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Pet Rescue

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students, in teams, follow the process of design, including the stages of investigation, creation, and reflection, as they devise a way to help "save" a (simulated) pet who is trapped in a pipe.
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Pump It Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students design a pumping device that will effectively pump fluid through a model "cardiovascular system." They explore the effects of too much and too little pressure on a circulatory system.
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Listening Devices

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students design and construct a listening device that will allow them to listen to the sound generated by specific object inside a box.

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