Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biotechnology Projects and Writing Assignments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research a subject about biotechnology and do a project or a writing assignment on it. They can pick from a possible eighteen different projects and five different writing projects.
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Curated OER

Equivalent Decimals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students develop strategies to find equivalent decimals. For this equivalent decimals lesson, students participate in a variety of decimal games to find equivalent decimals.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Depression and War: Stock Market Crash of 1929 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" designed to help learners understand the stock market crash of 1929. They will examine how people got rich in the 1920s (by buying stocks on margin)...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Stock Market & Finance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 26 words pertaining to the Stock Market & Finance. It also provides an extensive vocabulary word list for the Stock Market and finance and ideas for lesson plans.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Stock Market Price History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Each of us seek to make wise investment decisions that will make our money grow. Unfortunately, we cannot predict the future, but the past can give us a window to understanding the risks and rewards of investing in the stock market. This...
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Other

Nerd Wallet: Beginners Tips for Evaluating Stock Performance

For Students 9th - 10th
Easy to understand explanation of how to judge how individual stocks are performing, and which ones might be the best investments for specific buyers.
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University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: What Is a Stock? Or, Who Owns Mc Donald's?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan from the University of Omaha where the young scholars will be able to understand what a stock is.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Nyse Made Easy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will help students to understand the terms that are associated with the New York Stock Exchange. It will also help students to read a stock market report found in any major newspaper or online.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Investing Data Crunch

For Students 9th - 10th
Data Crunches feature one chart or graph followed by five scaffolded questions to guide students through analyzing the data and drawing conclusions. These sets of data help students understand investment concepts.
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Careers New Zealand

Kiwi Careers: Livestock Agent

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides good beginning information about the job, but with the understanding that the specific information such as salary, etc., is from New Zealand. Use the navigation bar on the left to see more information.