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Chapter 20: Demand and Supply (Elasticities and Government-Set Prices)
Discussing first the elasticity of demand and then the element of supply, these slides present graphs and bullet points that would easily supplement your economics lecture. Viewers will appreciate the pacing of the slides, making it easy...
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Making a Circle Graph of a Sample Budget
Students examine a sample budget and categorize the entries as a group. Then in small groups they convert budget category totals to percents and degrees to make a circle graph related to a sample budget.
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Restaurant Income and Expenditure
In this reading a graph worksheet, students analyze a graph and answer comprehension questions.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 3--Obtaining Employment
Students examine and view a variety of employment facts/legalities that comes with employment in the United States including social security, income tax deductions and W-4 forms, just to mention a few.
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The Climate Change Skeptic's Argument: Natural Solar Cycles or Human Activity?
Teachers explore patterns in sunspots and total solar irradiance to understand the counterpoint to the human effect of global warming. For this professional development tool, teachers work through a lesson on the sun's natural patterns...
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A Trillion Here...A Trillion There
In this working with large numbers worksheet, students are given the finance statistics for the US and the world for the 2006-2007 year. Students solve 11 problems including finding averages and percentages for the given statistics and...
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Budget Worksheet
In this student budget activity, students fill in their incomes as well as their individual payments per month to chart where their money goes each month.
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Profit and Loss
Students analyze the concept of profit and loss, the components of a simple profit and loss statement and the importance of a profit and loss statement. They calculate profits using gross income, total expenses and cost of goods sold....
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It's Your Life
Students make a multiple line graph showing income levels for each education level for the past 8 years and the number of people for each ethnic group and gender is compared within each education level.
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Breaking News English: University Fees
In this University fees worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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February Civics Internet Hunt 2
In this government learning exercise, students click on the links in the questions about civics and government to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 7 questions total.
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Breaking News English: Happy Marriages
In this happy marriages worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
K12 Reader
Evaluating in Math
Help kids understand problem-solving strategies by focusing on academic language in a reading comprehension activity. After reading paragraphs about the words solve and evaluate, learners answer five reading comprehension questions.
Southwest Miami Senior High School
US History Summer Instructional Packet
Can you boil the historical, cultural, and political events and movements from the last 150 years into a descriptive study guide? You don't have to—it's right here! A thorough resource includes informative text, discussion questions,...
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Understanding Your Pay and Paycheck
Learners discuss as a class, the time delay between the end of a pay period and a person's paycheck. They discuss the difference between gross pay and net pay, and identify the different figures on the sample checks or the check stubs...
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Daily Radiation "Balance"
Students explore the amount of radiation in the Earth's atmosphere. They calculate the total amount of incoming and outgoing radiation over a day and determine how "balanced" the radiative system is over a particular location.
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Whole Numbers
For this whole numbers worksheet, learners solve and complete 40 different word problems. First, they determine the amount of a paycheck once income tax is paid. Then, students determine the balance of an account after a deposit...
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Where Does Your Paycheck Go?
Upper elementary learners explore the concept of taxes taken out of an employee's paycheck. As they work through this activity, young mathematicians discover the difference between gross pay and net pay. They also see what types of taxes...
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Rainforest Counting
In this rain forest counting worksheet, students look over a picture of the rain forest and count how many frogs, butterflies, ants and weeds they see in the picture. Students write their totals in the boxes next to each mini item being...
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Spring Animal Counting
In this counting spring animals worksheet, learners look over a picture of spring and count how many sheep, ducks, birds and rabbits they can locate. Students write each of their totals in the four boxes provided.
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Decimal Word Problems
In this decimals worksheet, students solve 10 different word problems that include using decimals. First, they determine the amount of change received from a cashier given a specific amount. Then, students write a decimal representing...
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Money Math Word Problems
For this word problem worksheet, students complete a total of 6 money word problems; answers are available on page 2. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Landforms - Landform Types (Matching)
In this landforms worksheet, students match land forms with their definitions. Students complete 11 matches total on this worksheet.
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Spelling Dictation Sentences
In this spelling sentences worksheet, 5th graders practice spelling these dictation sentences for 2 sentences every week. Students spell a total of 72 sentences.