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Lip Balm Chemistry

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore density, mixture and solutions in a reaction. In this chemistry lesson plan, students create their own chap-stick using ingredients they analyze for their chemical contents. They discuss measuring skills, melting points...
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Choose Your Toy

For Students 5th - 7th
In this decision-making worksheet, students choose 1 out of 6 toys for a young boy. Students match 7 vocabulary terms to their proper definitions. Students fill in 3 blanks in 2 sentences. Students complete a variety of assignments about...
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Where Does Food Come From?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize that food we eat comes from farms.  In this where does food come from lesson plan, students discuss planting crops and how they grow.  Students plant seeds for edible crops and eat them when are ripe. Students sing a...
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Crops 2: What Plants Need to Grow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore agriculture by participating in a plant growth activity. For this botany lesson, students discuss what types of plants grow in their local environment and what the plants need to survive. Learners read assigned text...
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Water Usage

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Discuss how much water an individual might use for a shower, brushing teeth, and other activities. The website containing actual water use data for comparison is not valid, but perhaps you can find another by a quick internet search. At...
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Finding Discount and Sale Price

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders solve real-life problems involving sales tax, discount, and simple interest. They find the amount of discount. In groups, 7th graders examine a sales advertisement. Given a budget, they choose purchases, and figure the...
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Your Food Dollar (and Cents)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine where their food dollars go while recognizing coins and making change. They identify their favorite foods, receive one dollar, and take away amounts for each person involved in the production of their food dollar.
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Pricing Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the principles companies use to price their problems. They discover the difference between cost based and market based pricing. They identify other factors that go into pricing decisions.
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Finding Sales Tax

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate sales tax. Following a teacher demonstration, they find sales tax and the total cost of items. In groups, classmates choose items from a menu that they would like to purchase. Each student figures the sales...
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Shopping Bag Challenge

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students design a shopping bag that will allow the consumer to immediately identify the store and understand the product that is being sold. They create an advertisement for a new shopping bag. Students choose their type of business to...
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Help Wanted

For Students 6th
For this factual text worksheet, 6th graders read through several want ads and then answer the detailed questions that follow to check their reading comprehension skills.
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2 Digit into 3 or 4 Digit Division

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this division worksheet, students divided the 3 and 4 digit divisions by 2 digit numbers. Students solve 9 division problems.
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1 Digit into 2 or 3 Digit Division

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this division worksheet, students find the quotients by dividing the 1 digit number into the 2 or 3 digit numbers. Students solve 12 problems.
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How Much?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders problem solve to determine if a fundraiser will be successful in the money raising activity. In this problem solving lesson, 5th graders read a book about fund raising and write down important vocabulary words. Students...
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Sales Tax and Discounts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of sales tax and discounts. In this sales tax and discounts lesson, students pretend to gamble in groups to win fake money. Middle schoolers must tax their winnings. Students collect receipts. Middle...
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Child Labour

For Students 6th - 8th
Int his reading comprehension activity, students complete sentences in an article about child labour by choosing the correct word to fill in each blank
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Nutritional Influence on Illness and Disease

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine nutritionally related diseases and illnesses, evaluating studies and developing topics for a science fair project. They investigate bacteria, researching how it can be harmful or helpful, and create illustrated displays.
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Consumerism and Holidays

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the free enterprise system and the role that buying and selling of holiday goods have upon the economy. They recognize and demonstrate that advertising design influences one's life.
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Crops 1: Where Does Food Come From?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn where the food they eat comes from.
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Crops 2: What Plants Need to Grow

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the kinds of things that plants need to grow well.
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Food Safety at the Grocery Store

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils study the connection between food spoilage and temperature control. They determine the difference between expiration, sell-by, and use by date on food. They investigate food safety practices to look for when food shopping.
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Spider

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners use a spider casting kit to mold a tarantula spider. They discuss the tarantula, its parts, and its habitat.
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North American Animals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to the anatomy and characteristics of the North American wolf, grizzly bear and bobcat through a purchased kit. They cast plaster models of each of the animals for study and display.
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Latinos Spice Up Melting Pot

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate the history of early Hispanic workers in the U.S. They complete an online Webquest, explore various websites, read about Latinos in the U.S. today, view a mural, and answer discussion questions.

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