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Thinking About Shopping and Spending

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers list and discuss recent commercials they have viewed. They identify advantages and disadvantages of the advertised items, and write about the effects of advertising, planned spending and spontaneous spending.
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Those Golden Jeans

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students review the productives resources used to produce goods and services and explore how decisions are made in a market economy through the interactions of both the buyers and the sellers.
Worksheet
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Fractions and Whole Units

For Students 4th - 6th
For this online math worksheet, learners concentrate on completing a variety of math problems including changing three given parts to whole units, four money problems, shading in four rectangle math equations and filling in the missing...
Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Multiplication and Division

For Students 4th - 5th
In this multiplication and division worksheet, learners review both methods and then match the equations to the multiplication or division diagrams and solve for y. Students then write four equations for the diagrams and solve for w....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Kinetics Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this kinetics worksheet, students solve twenty one problems related to reaction rates, half life, reaction orders, catalysts, and activation energy.
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Why Do I Want All This Stuff?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify two factors that determine consumer demand as well as substitutes and complements for selected goods and services. After examining advertisements, they distinguish between fact and opinion and explore the factors that...
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Estimating Products

For Teachers 5th - 6th
For this math worksheet, students round numbers to their leading digit. They multiply the results to find the estimation of the exact answer. Students estimate and then find the exact answer on six problems.
Worksheet
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Treasure Presentation Rubric

For Students 8th - 9th
In this treasure presentation rubric worksheet, students explore and explain the context of a family treasure or Louisiana treasure found online or in community fieldwork and present their research as an exhibit, multimedia slide show,...
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A “Salting” Solution

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the factors affecting solubility. In this chemistry lesson, 9th graders differentiate solvent and solute. They give examples of real world application of solutions.
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Chemistry In Plant Nutrition And Growth

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate different factors that affect plant growth. They research the effects of water supply, radiant energy, air temperature, and soil temperature. Students also gather facts that influence plant nutrition that include the...
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Dysfunctional Adolescent Behavior

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars list the means of transition, some signs and symptoms, the treatment and prevention of 4 types of sexually transmitted diseases. They act out skits on various aspects of STDs (the skits will be recorded and played back...
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Finding Fractional Parts Using an Area Model

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore math functions by completing a problem solving worksheet in class. In this division lesson, students utilize visual aides such as marshmallows and candy to visualize the act of division. Students complete a division...
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What's In Your Grocery Bag?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the global implications of consumer decisions when purchasing groceries. They examine labels of food products and discuss the wording on the labels. They calculate food miles of how far each ingredient in foods has...
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Digging, Smelting and Forging: But Why in Pennsylvania

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine the history of the iron industry in Pennsylvania. In this iron industry lesson, students learn about Israel Acrilius and his role in the iron industry. Students identify natural resources used in forging iron. Students...
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A Shopping Center Field Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze how developers plan for a shopping center. They take a field trip to a nearby shopping center. Also students participate in a shopping center scavenger hunt. Students identify factors important to the location of...
Organizer
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Estimating Products with Decimal Movement

For Students 5th
In this estimating products with decimal movement activity, 5th graders multiply to complete the table, then answer three questions about the patterns in the movement of the decimal point.
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Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring

For Teachers 6th - 10th
In this math worksheet, students simplify the expressions in the Quadratic Equations using the skill of factoring. Both solutions should be checked.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Reasoning about Multiplication and Division and Place Value, Part 1

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Help your class make sense of quantities and their relationships. Given is the product of two numbers. It is up to your number crunchers to think about the quantitative relationship when the product is one-tenth or ten times the product...
Worksheet
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Linear Systems: LU Decomposition

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this LU decomposition worksheet, students multiply matrices, identify the elimination matrices, and the inverse of a matrix. This three-page worksheet contains approximately six problems.
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Fighting Disease

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of medical intervention in African nations. In this geography lesson, 7th graders research primary and secondary sources in search of information regarding Guinea worm disease. Students use their...
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Sleep and Energy

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss the importance of getting a good night's sleep. They make connections between sleep, energy, and having a good day at school. They make a sleepiness chart which shows how they feel each day for a week.
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Market Structures and Competition

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students review concepts related to market structures and competition. Using supply and demand, they identify what factors cause them to shift and analyze business downward facing demand curves. They compare and contrast the abilities of...
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Fossil Fuels-Importance and Formation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student is introduced to the concept of energy as a common factor among all things. They list three fossil fuels and describe how fossil fuels were formed. They then tell how much plant debris it took to form one foot of coal.
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Where is Rice Grown?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a timeline of the development of rice as an important crop. In this agricultural history lesson, 5th graders read about the history behind why rice was grown and where it is grown. Students demonstrate their learning...