Fifth graders examine their use of energy over a certain time period. They come up with a plan to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint. Groups of learners complete a chart with three columns; energy-using events, the form...

Design an efficient cereal box. Scholars use set volume criteria to design a cereal box by applying their knowledge of surface area to determine the cost to create the box. They then determine whether their designs will fit on...

Students explore the techniques used by advertisers to sell goods, increase their awareness of consumer habits, differentiate between information and selling, and become aware of what motivates them to buy products.

Students peruse actual price lists of European commodities dealers Strobel and Martini of Bordeaux, France. Each student creates a sales receipt of items that they have purchased from the French Brokerage firm. Students explore how the...

Twelfth graders explore real world investing and the effects of day to day decisions on their financial futures.

Fifth graders use nutritional knowledge to plan balanced meals and use grocery store flyers to calculate costs of the meals. They create word problems using these flyers.

Young scholars investigate the concept of a market. They produce a dramatization to simulate the daily activities found inside. Students ask questions about the price, location, and use of items. The acting strengthens communication...

In this blank pricing your craft worksheet, students calculate labor, direct, transportation, and overhead costs as well as total wholesale price to arrive a retail price for a product by using the chart provided.

Students review the law of demand. Using the law, they read a demand schedule and demand curve. They draw their own demand curve from data supplied to them. They identify and explain the four determinants of demand and work together...

In this economics worksheet, students read 6 scenarios about market equilibrium and then select one of them to write about. Students draw demand and supply curves to accompany their written answers.

Students learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. In this lesson, students learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.

Learners examine trade between the United States and the European Union. In this costs of goods lesson, students conduct research to identify the costs of goods made in the EU in America and the cost of goods made in America in the EU.

Fifth graders write a paragraph comparing their lives to the lives of a child working in South Carolina during the early 1900's. In this Industrial Revolution lesson plan, 5th graders explore primary and secondary sources to teach them...

Middle schoolers investigate the currency exchange rate.  In this middle school mathematics lesson plan, student use proportions to exchange between the U.S. dollar and the euro.  Students come up with a product they would like...

Students compare and contrast the prices of various food items at different grocery stores using newspaper advertisements. Students discuss the benefits and drawbacks of shopping around for items that fit within their monthly budget.

Students collect and analyze data correctly. In this statistics lesson, students use central tendencies to analyze collected data. They calculate where a wind farm will be placed, based on the data.

Young scholars work in teams to complete an alternative energy project. In this alternative energy lesson, students are assigned a city and decide on the most appropriate alternative energy source for their city. Young scholars use maps...

Young scholars solve problems involving ratio and proportion. In this algebra activity, students analyze the currencies found in different countries. They create formulas to convert between the different currencies and use ratio and...

Students complete a unit that focuses on their school's waste production. They conduct a litter survey, collect the waste produced in their classroom for a week and generate a waste-audit, and identify how their school can minimize...

Students investigate ratio and proportion as they solve problems. In this algebra lesson, students calculate the percent increase on salaries and convert between decimals and percents to calculate. They rate job positions from 1936...

Students watch demonstrations on different projects. Using that information, they create the project of their choice using only leftover fabric. They practice weaving, stitching and backing methods for the different creations. They...

In this multiplication worksheet, students complete multiple choice word problems about one and two digit number multiplication. Students complete 10 problems.

Pupils complete Internet research about baseball and baseball players. They complete a variety of activities including writing an epitaph for Jackie Robinson, a news article about him, and make graphs displaying salaries of a number of...

Students discuss what makes up a community. Students elect officials of their community and complete an application for the position. Students research jobs within the community and hold a job fair where parents come to school and share...