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- 7th - 12th
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Students identify the roles that producers, consumers and decomposers play in various ecosystems. They sort different organisms according to the roles they play. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore how to seek redress for a consumer problem. They examine how to fix a consumer problem by calling, visiting or writing letters to a seller of a product. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the guidelines the United States Department of Agriculture places on food. In groups, they create a list of the foods they consume and discuss the political and environmental implications of purchasing the food. They use the internet to research the food situation around the world and how food is stored and transported. To end the lesson, they discover how to be better food consumers to help protect areas of the world facing malnutrition and political unrest. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate how knowledge of science influences people in their daily lives, specifically in their careers. Students conduct interviews with an individual in a Science or Technology career as part of their research on the impact science has on occupational decisions. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students define and describe producers and consumers of goods and services. They analyze the relationship between producers and consumers of goods and services. Students produce a drawing that is well-organized and well-detailed. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students are given the scenario that they are hired by a department store as a market researcher to conduct a survey about the purchase of personal items. They ask consumers, in two age groups, about the factors that influence their decisions about their preferred sources of information. Students brainstorm a list of personal items. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students complete a lesson on producers and consumers. They then go to the gym and form two lines. One line is producers and one is consumers. The teacher calls out organisms and they have to decide which is which and tag the right one. An interesting concept. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students play a board game that reviews the basic areas of family and consumer sciences. They follow the directions found in the space on which he/she lands. Play continues until someone has consumed all of the family and consumer tasks needed to reach the end of the game. They Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students investigate the concept of a food chain and spend the time to formualte an interpretation of what is found there. They conduct some research and write how it affects other organisms in an environment. Also the differentiation of predator and prey is also shown. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students examine characteristics of consumers and create self-portriats to place on the bulletin board. Using magazines they cut out pictures of items and identify their wants. After reading a book about consumers, students compare and contrast consumers and buyers. Full Review »