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Considerations in Heating a Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Emerging engineers discover how important it is to conserve energy as fossil fuel supplies are being diminished. This is accomplished by working through a handout that explains energy requirements for heating a home during the winter....
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Class Memorial

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What is a memorial and what should it look like? Learners will choose what they believe is important to remember about September 11 and how it should be displayed. They work in groups and brainstorm details about the memorial and present...
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Pottery with Artist Kerry Moosman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After watching a video of Native American artist Maria Martinez create art out of clay, learners will create burnished coil pots similar to those made by artist, Kerry Moosman. This lesson plan includes a supply list, web links,...
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Adaptation Investigation - Extreme Beaks

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Find photos of bird beaks or show a prepared four slide PowerPoint, "Extreme Beaks" to introduce your class to this special animal adaptation. Provide them with a data table and supplies to try gathering food with tools that each...
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What's Missing? Making Room for Multiple Perspectives

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify missing characters from a text, particularly a school text. They increase critical thinking by supplying missing perspectives in a text an build empathy through surveying different points of view. They reflect on the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Saving Money 2

For Students 2nd Standards
Adding money is a key skill in life. Give a learning exercise that requires second graders to find the total amount of money Louis needs to make certain school supply purchases.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Saving Money 1

For Students 2nd Standards
How many days will it take Louis to save enough money for school supplies and new pair of shoes? Focus on Common Core math standards with a two-part task that involves a word problem and counting manipulatives.
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The Economics of Valentine's Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars develop an understanding of the determinants of supply and demand. They use this understanding to explain changes in how supply and demand affect the price and the quantity exchanged of roses.
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A Town in Trouble

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify and describe the parameters and analytical techniques used to characterize water contamination in a class presentation. They identify the consequences of high contamination levels in the water supply during a class...
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World Geography: Postcard from the Rim

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to identify the areas of the world that are affected by arsenic contamination of the water supply. They are able to describe the ways in which various societies deal with the problem of arsenic contamination. ...
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Recording Artist and MP3 Players

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore the concept of being a recording artist. In this recording artist activity, students determine the costs of producing various music products such as a demo tape, 8-track tape, and a record deal. Young scholars...
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Market Equilibrium Writing Exercise

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics activity, 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.
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Packing for a Transcontinental Expedition

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate what kinds of supplies would be needed for a trans-continental expedition. They watch a video about the Lewis and Clark expedition, develop a list of supplies, create a graph, and compare/contrast their list with...
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Planning For a Hike

For Students 2nd
In this weight of supplies worksheet, 2nd graders plan a hiking trip, list the supplies they plan on taking with them, list the weight of each of the supplies and then calculate the total weight of all the supplies together.
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Drawing Water

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the NYC water supply system and its watershed. For this water supply lesson, students read the Magic School Bus at the Waterworks to help them identify the components of the water supply system. Students diagram the...
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How Markets Allocate Resources

For Students 10th - 12th
Students study how markets allocate resources, students read background, analyze graphs, and make predictions about the impact of variables on the curves.
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Council for Economic Education

Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers, after evaluating different allocation methods for water, determine the costs and benefits of each method.
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Market Simulation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
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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Why Nations Trade

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students discuss international trade. In this trade lesson, students read about comparative advantage and the benefits of international trade. Students perform a skills test to determine their individual specialization areas and write...
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Think Before You Drink

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the different water issues facing society today. In this environmental science lesson, students research about water treatment methods. They brainstorm ways to conserve water.
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Water -- Here, There and Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars compare quantities of water. In this water activity students examine the hydrologic cycle looking for the amount of fresh water that is available. Young scholars use information from charts and diagrams.
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Acorns

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students experience hoarding food for winter. In this squirrel lesson, students simulate hoarding behavior as either a red or gray squirrel. Students play a game called Winter Survival and discover how squirrels survive through the...
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Microeconomics Study Guide, Part I

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics instructional activity, students respond to 38 short answer questions regarding the economic laws of supply and demand and market structure.
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That's Not Fair!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars complete an art project with either great or mediocre supplies and discuss how fair it was that they got the supplies they got. In this fairness lesson plan, students are given supplies by their teacher and discuss how...

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