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- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students measure the temperature in their classroom on the ceiling and the floor. Their findings lead into a discussion of microclimates and what can be done to prevent heat loss to save money. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine what goes into making a yearbook. In groups, they discuss the need to raise money and producing the product to meet standards. They create a budget in a spreadsheet and organize information in databases and word processing documents. They practice completing a mail merge and balancing the spreadsheet as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students help organize their birthday dates into a graph. They then arrange the information and develop a strategy by which the teacher can save enough money to buy each student a small gift on his or her birthday. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 7th
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Students brainstorm about how swipe cards have changed their lives from paying for groceries to getting money out of the bank. They read a new article about a program that uses the cards to track lunch choices and allows parents to make menu choices for their children. They complete a comprehension check by recalling details from the reading. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students investigate tHe concept of making a great amount of money. They brainstorm in groups in order to think of possible ideas. Students decide on the idea of designing a theme park with the theme of cell biology. They track the amount of time and money it would take to build it. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explain how geography and climate play a role in the professions that are unique to their city. They explain how geography and climate influence the forms of transportation in their city. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students compare two vacation spots . They compare all expenses that are involved with taking a vacation and keeping within the given budget, create a Power point that displays the information outlined in the task sheet, and use the given travel agency websites to research and find the information pertaining to their vacation budget. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students define the following terms: goods, services, producer, consumer, resources, supply, demand, scarcity, international trade, exchange rate. Then they will write a narrative describing the interdependent economic nature of the island of Curacao and the islands and nations around it. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students inquire about the major U.S. stock markets. The NYSE, NASDAQ, and the American Exchange. They recognize the difference between large capitalization companies, midcap companies and small cap companies. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students are able to understand how supply and demand influence prices and why some products have relatively high prices while others have relatively low prices. The differences are part of the inquiry process. Full Review »

