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Consumer Credit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate he concept of consumer credit by explaining the benefits of using credit. The costs of their use is discussed in the lesson and the criteria that is used in order to establish credit. They work in cooperative groups...
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Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders choose a product to purchase and research it in Consumer Reports. In this consumer report instructional activity, 8th graders work in tiered learning groups to research a product using Consumer Reports. Students complete...
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Label Language

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore food labels. For this consumer education lesson, 4th graders describe and evaluate various components of familiar food labels. Students discuss which traits make a product appealing to consumers. Students complete...
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Shopping Detective

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this consumer math worksheet, students analyze the prices on 4 food items in a store. Students solve 7 word problems with the information.
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Hands On: Add and Subtract Money Amounts

For Students 5th - 6th
In this consumer math instructional activity, students use a table and play money to solve each of 8 money story problems. Students will use a price list provided.
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Money Management-Grocery Shopping for a Family Profile

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate a family profile and design a menu plan. In this consumer science instructional activity, students plan and prepare a weekly menu based on a family profile.
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Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students calculate discounts, sale price, and sale tax. For this consumer math lesson, students visit mock stores which have items for sale. Students calculate the final prices of items.
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The CPI and You

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the consumer price index (CPI). In this economics lesson, students explore how the cost of living and inflation indicate the CPI. Students complete activity worksheets in this lesson.
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Grocery Store Math

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this consumer math worksheet, students guess the price of several items located in the grocery store. Students then find the actual price of the items and calculate the difference between the estimated and actual price. Students...
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Four Dollars and Fifty Cents

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners role play a scenario between a creditor and debtor. In this consumer education lesson plan, students read the book Four Dollars and Fifty Cents, discuss the vocabulary introduced in the book and role play a  situation...
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Ecology: The Food Web

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ecology worksheet, students match the vocabulary to the definitions, then represent producers and consumers by drawing a Pyramid of Numbers.
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Consumer Credit: Buy Now, Pay Later, and More

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars explore the concept of consumer credit. In this consumer credit instructional activity, students discuss the costs and benefits of buying with credit. Young scholars examine scenarios to determine the costs and benefits of...
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Consumer Surplus

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students examine the meaning of the term consumer surplus, and apply the concept to various scenarios.
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Financial Literacy - Consumer Credit

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners investigate consumer credit and how it works. They also examine basic types of credit, risks and responsibilities associated with credit, ways to establish and maintain good credit, ways to avoid hurting ones credit and what one...
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Building A Classroom Food Web

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
From bears and owls to chipmunks and trees, all life depends on the sun for the energy to survive. Young biologists develop an understanding of this big idea as they arrange this series of plant and animal picture cards into food...
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Practical Money Skills

Making Decisions

For Students 6th - 12th
A set of quizzes and assessments would make a great companion to your lesson on making decisions and opportunity risks. Learners watch a PowerPoint before answering multiple choice questions about interest rates, saving money, and the...
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Text Messaging is Time Consuming! What Gives?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The more you text, the less you study. Have classes test this hypothesis or another question related to text messages. Using real data, learners use technology to create a scatter plot and calculate a regression line. They create a dot...
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Consuming Cola

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Caffeine affects your heart rate — or does it? Learners study experimental design while conducting their own experiment. They collect heart rate data after drinking a caffeinated beverage, create a box plot, and draw conclusions....
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Food Web

For Students 6th - 8th
For this food web worksheet, students label the organisms shown as a producer or consumer and as a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore. Students create their own food web with a list of given animals.
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Central Tendency

For Students 8th
In this central tendency worksheet, 8th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining the mean, mode, and median of various situations. First, they prepare a frequency distribution with a class interval for the data found...
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Debit or Credit-You Decide

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify the similarities and differences between an debit and credit card. In this debit or credit lesson plan, student explain the advantages and disadvantages of using cash and consumer credit to purchase good and services...
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Giving'Em The Business

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students work in groups of 4-5 to form a business, create, market & sell their product, and track their expenses and profits. They experience the roles of producer, distributor, and consumer of goods. They collect, organize and...
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Food Chains

For Teachers 2nd
Have your class discuss food chains using this presentation. This resource goes through a step by step exploration of plants and the food chain. It talks about the energy of the sun, producers and consumers, herbivores and carnivores,...
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Consumer Product Testing

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders watch segments of CBS's Street Cents and discuss approaches used on the program. They create standards for various items and learn why they are important to have. They test different fabrics to explore clothing standards.

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