Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Consumer Product as in "Chocolate Milk"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine different marketing techniques how to present themselves while looking for work.  In this marketing lesson students create their own advertisement. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Free Trade Conundrum: Balancing Worker Wages and Consumer Prices Comparing the 19th and 21st Centuries

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Exploring the concepts of free trade and protectionism, students compare and contrast 19th and 21st century arguments for and against the tariff.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Let's Go Shopping!

For Students K - 1st
In this nutrition worksheet, students investigate the need for a balanced healthy diet by making a shopping list. Students cut out 24 grocery items. Students paste desired items in the grocery cart and color all the pictures.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Soviet Choice For Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine five major events in Soviet History to introduce the concept of opportunity cost. They identify considered alternatives at the time of decision and examine benefits and cost. They apply these ideas to a typical...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Being an Educated Consumer of Statistics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine kinds of data used to report statistics, and create their own statistical report based on any of the four sources of media information (Internet, newspaper, TV, magazine).
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Pocket Money And Pester Power

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students participate in a number of activities to examine how young people think about, use and make money. They determine what young people prefer to spend money on, if there are gender differences and how they compare to students in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gift Wrapping

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use the example of a gift wrapping service found in the mall in order to create a problem situation that can be solved mathematically. They convert the word problem into algebraic expressions to be solved.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Buying a Car

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Young scholars complete the PLATO ¿¿ Educational Software instructional activity: Math Problem Solving: Car Costs to determine if he/she can afford to drive the car they are planning to buy.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

American Journeys: California

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work through a series of lessons to study the state of California. They participate in a geography journey lesson, poetry lesson, a research lesson, and examine the rise of railroads in California. For each lesson, they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching Economics Using LUNCH MONEY

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, after reading the book "Lunch Money" by Andrew Clements, explore money and different saving places. They research different ways in which productivity has increased over the years, they examine products to determine if the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Want to Save a Sheep This Season?

For Teachers K - 12th
Students investigate facts about sheep. They watch a video about the sheep industry. Students research practices in the wool industry. They discuss alternatives to wool. Students participate in humane education activities.
Organizer
Curated OER

How Does Energy Cycle in Ecosystems?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this energy cycle worksheet, students will write in examples for each trophic level in an energy cycle: top, middle, and lowest levels.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Next Door Numbers-Decimals

For Students 5th - 9th
In this decimal worksheet, students solve 6 fill in the blank problems by adding decimals and providing the correct computation to complete the tower.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problem-Solving Application: Choosing Reasonable Answers

For Students 1st
For this reasonable answers worksheet, 1st graders apply their knowledge of how to select the most reasonable answer regarding the appropriate tool to use for measurement of different objects. There are 4 problems to solve.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shapes for Sale!

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this visual thinking worksheet, students use the price tags on the 3 basic shapes at the top of the page to determine the costs of each of the 6 more complex shapes on the page. They then make their own complex shape and ask a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Numbers That Make News

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this Numbers activity, students read an article about the numbers typically seen in news then answer seven questions based on the reading.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Measuring Broad Economic Goals

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this Measuring Broad Economic Goals worksheet, students read short explanations then answer questions and solve problems based on what they read.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Money 9.1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this counting money worksheet, students complete several different exercises that help them understand money and how to count both cents and dollars.
Worksheet
Curated OER

More Change

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this making change worksheet, students complete a chart in which change is calculated after purchasing two toys with one dollar.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Smarter Consumer

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore advertising. In this advertising instructional activity, students review what they've learned about advertising and discuss how they look at ads differently. Students brainstorm questions they might ask themselves about...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Counting Coins

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the American monetary system by utilizing different denominations. In this currency lesson, 2nd graders participate in a die rolling activity in which they collect coins based on the rolled number. Students add...
Worksheet
Shelby County Schools

How Ecosystems Work

For Students 6th - 9th
How does one organism get its energy? What is the main source of energy in an ecosystem? How does the flow of energy affect different types of ecosystems? Answer these questions with a fill-in-the-blank worksheet. 
Activity
1
1
Science Geek

Build a Food Web Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Entangle your life science class in learning with this collaborative food web activity. Using pictures of the plants and animals native to a particular ecosystem, young biologists work in small groups to construct visual...
Lesson Plan
1
1
Practical Money Skills

Shopping Wisely

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Work on making good shopping choices with a fun economics project. Kids analyze the differences between brand names and generic products, bigger and smaller units for purchase, and different places they can shop for different items.

Other popular searches