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Students play a game of charades, acting out the roles of producers and consumers. This interactive lesson illustrates how goods and services are produced and consusmed. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the definitions and roles of adware and spyware on the Internet. They explore issues of consumer and corporate rights by participating in a discussion regarding the use of these programs. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students research the U.S. free market system and evaluate the effects that the system has on both producers and consumers. They develop a fictional product and advertising plans for their product. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine demand and factors that cause demand for a good or service to change. They analyze graphs, list examples of changes in consumer tastes and preferences, and identify factors that influence their own behavior as consumers. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research an assigned animal on the Internet and determine if their assigned animal is a producer, a consumer, or a decomposer. They type a one page report on their assigned animal citing online references, edit their work, and proofread another student's work. The students construct a food chain on the bulletin board using pictures they draw or pint out. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students evaluate the validity of claims based on the amount and quality of the evidence cited. Students assume the role of a consumer protection agency whose job it is to prove a claim about a product as either valid or invalid. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students compare prices of good across the century in order to introduce the topic of inflation. They undertand the concepts of inflation and Consumer Price Index (CPI), use online calculators to figure the approximate cost of goods across the years, and create a graph or table to illustrate data. Full Review »
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- 8th - 11th
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Students explore the possibility that a products name might bias a consumers decision to buy a particular product. The question remains to be answered, "Why do consumers buy what they buy and why that particular product?" Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students experience scarcity by having a limited number of playground balls for recess. They discuss the term scarcity and relate the meaning of the word to the problem of not having enough playground balls. Students brainstorm ways to solve the problem of scarcity. They listen as the teacher explains scarcity in terms of producers and consumers. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students brainstorm about food chains and then create one of their own. They assess the meaning of producer, consumer, herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore. Each student then defines what a food chain is and creates a replica of one. Full Review »
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