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Yellow Pages Ad-dition

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars determine the revenue generated by sample pages from the Yellow Pages. They discuss the value of advertising a business in this venue. They use the local telephone directory and some fictitious ad rates to lead their inquiry.
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Econ in a Bag

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a nice idea, have your young entrepeneurs form their own companies. Each company is given a paper bad to locate and place resources in that they can use to create products their businesses sell on Sale Day. They identify and...
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Lemonade Business Stock Market Intro

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students role play as business owners in order to learn about how certain aspects of business works. In this 3rd - 6th grade lesson plan, students experience creating and running their own business, including earning profits and...
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1-800-MATHFUN

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students complete a number and letter recognition activity by creating phone numbers for businesses. In this telephone number lesson, students brainstorm telephone numbers that include words. Students translate numbers to their numeric...
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Skyscraper Museum

Designing a Skyscraper

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Besides serving as awe-inspiring monuments of human achievement, skyscrapers are built to perform a wide range of functions in urban communities. The second lesson in this series begins by exploring the history of the Empire State...
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Valentine Village

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students build a small city by using a half-gallon milk or juice carton to "build" a miniature home. They decorate their buildings with construction paper, yarn, beads, or whatever they have and become mailmen, delivering Valentine's to...
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Math Really Does Connect to the Real World

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students listen to parent speakers who discuss how they use math in their professional or personal lives. They take notes and write business form thank you letters.
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Valentine City

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a small city on a table in the classroom. Each student is given a lot to develop. They give directions from one location to another, and write letters with correct addresses to their classmates.
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Is a Tough Smoking Law Coming to Your State?

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Students read and discuss a news article about a new anti-smoking law in Hawaii. They answer article comprehension questions, complete a fill-in-the blank activity, discuss laws that ban smoking in small groups, and create a No Smoking...
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How Size Shapes Animals

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students investigate how size affects large and small animals differently. In this animal lesson plan, students determine how size affects different animals by constructing their own animal out of marshmallows. Once students create...
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Production and Trade

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss production and trade. In this business lesson, students read the book Ox-Cart Man and identify the traits of entrepreneurs. Students discuss ways a person can improve their job performance.
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ESL Holiday Lessons

Kwanzaa

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Teach English language learners about the week-long holiday of Kwanzaa that is celebrated around the world during December. It includes holiday-themed reading comprehension passages, phrase matching, fill-in-the-blanks, and journaling...
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Bauxite: More Than A Small Town

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify the mineral bauxite and its impact on the community and the world. They use the Internet to research the mineral and its uses. They draw a picture depicting the uses of bauxite.
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Mind Your Business

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore how to identify the range, median, and mode in a list of numbers by using concrete materials.
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Your Address in the Galaxy

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create a business card after researching their location in space and determining their Galactic Address.
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Can You Make a Difference?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write and present a speech. In this service lesson plan, students read an anecdote adapted from The Star Thrower and discuss their feelings about their ability to make a difference in the world. Students make a short speech...
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Plant Science Activities

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete several plant life activities. In this botany instructional activity, students practice painting images that resemble plants they are familiar with as well as planting seeds outside of class. Students participate in a...
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Our Town

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover what makes a community run smoothly by reading signs and visiting various places in their community. In this social studies lesson, small groups of students take photographs of community signs and places and then ask...
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Advertising's Hidden Messages

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students explore the hidden messages in advertisements. In this business instructional activity, students discuss the role that advertisements play in our lives. Students locate advertisements that use various advertising techniques....
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My Town...From A Kid's View

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students decide what is important in a community and explore their particular community. In class, the students will discuss what each considers important in a community. Each student will identify something about their town that is...
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The Meishi Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this Meishi game worksheet, students create six small identity cards, exchange them as self-introduction cards with other students and try to collect as many cards as they can to win the game.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students imagine a time when there was no electricity. They work in small groups to list as many inventions as they can and discuss lists and have student groups choose two or three inventions and explore the disadvantages and advantages...
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Profit From Pumpkins

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders cut open a pumpkin. In this math lesson, 3rd graders complete the worksheet "From Seed to Pumpkin" and then clean out their pumpkins to see how many seeds are in it.
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students listen to From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil F. Frankweiler and discuss wants and needs.  In this iincome and expenses lesson, students relate the adventures of the children in the book to a real life financial situation....

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