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- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students explain why additives in food production and processing pose both risks and benefits. They experience that local, state, and national governments have rules about how to produce and process food to make sure that it is wholesome to eat. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the costs and benefits of becoming politically informed and voting. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students, in groups, take various roles in evaluating the costs/benefits of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River in China. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students work together in groups to determine the benefits of a product. They discuss how their product relates to statements given to them by their teacher. They present their findings to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students are each assigned one of five questions. They work with others who were assigned the same questions to share their findings. Following the sharing of information, students write a paragraph summarizing the benefits of restricting logging in the Northwest. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students discuss the benefits of exercise before writing a persuasive essay describing a variety of physical activities. They research information about fitness and exercise using a variety of web sites and print resources. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students read "The Three Little Pigs" and define and compare terms cost and benefit. They identify costs and benefits of decisions based on examples given, and discuss importance of making good decisions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study the different types of resources and focus upon the costs or benefits of their use. They chart some of the benefits and costs while constructing lists. The information presented in class is used for further discussion in groups. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students define the terms "risk" and "benefit." They calculate decisions using risk and benefit. Students determine how risk and benefit relate to chemicals in their lives. They comprehend the interconnectedness of risk and benefit as they relate to their daily lives. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and describe environmental and economic benefits, as well as their differences. They also identify and describe for each type of decision entered in the first column of the included worksheet, the information needed in the second column and the benefits of using a map in the third column. Full Review »

