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What Would it Cost You Today?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore inflation and the role played by advertising and marketing over the years. In this financial literacy lesson, students complete worksheets, do Internet research, and create an excel spreadsheet comparing prices from...
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Microbiology Design Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discover dangers to human health by researching what's in our drinking water.  In this water purification instructional activity, students discuss the conditions of water in undeveloped countries and why it is unsafe to...
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Food Preservation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the different food canning methods and how to be safe canning.  In this canning lesson students examine the hazards of improperly canning. 
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The Fuelish Fact Finding

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students define fluctuation and the price of food. In this algebra activity, students create a budget to live on based on their living expenses. They create a chart and explore the cause and effect of real life scenarios.
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The Price Is Right

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a list of products with estimated prices. In this algebra instructional activity, students learn to write equations using variables. They match their created list with that of actual products and compare their prices,
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Is the Price Right?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the techniques used by advertisers to sell goods, increase their awareness of consumer habits, differentiate between information and selling, and become aware of what motivates them to buy products.
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Nonprofits in Our Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars identify nonprofit organizations within their local community. They practice using the yellow pages to locate these organizations. They use an organizer to keep all of the information they gathered organized.
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Chlorine-Bleached Paper

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze the effects of pollution and other types of ecosystem devasation caused by chlorine. They examine alternative technologies that allow for the bleaching of paper without using chlorine. They discover what they can do to...
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What's In It?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners discover the ingredients that make chocolate. They practice reading ratios and percentages. They also examine its value in relationship to its weight.
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Who Benefits From Trade?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars 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.
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Consumer Culture in the 1950s: New Shopping Centers and Advertising trends

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners examine the effect of suburbs on American cities. They identify the changes the cities had to face after people moved elsewhere. Using primary source ads, they compare them with contemporary ads and discuss what can be found out...

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