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Philip Mc Rae: From Distraction to Addiction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Hawaiian Economics: From the Mountains to the Sea

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Ancient Hawaii was ruled by chiefs, who were responsible for the well-being of their people and for managing the islands' resources. The chiefs divided the islands into land districts shaped like pie slices called Ahupua'a (ah-who-...
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Tutor2u

Tutor2u: Market Failure Positive Externalities

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines how society can benefit by producing and consuming more of a product that causes a positive externality.
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: What Are the Possible Consequences of Privacy?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
This instructional activity examines some of the possible consequences of privacy. Learners will classify these consequences as benefits or costs. Later, they will be asked to evaluate positions on issues of privacy by thinking about the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Socially Efficient and Inefficient Market Outcomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you've learned about marginal social cost and marginal social benefit in this four-question exercise.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Chevy Volt It's Electric!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The costs and benefits of owning an electric or hybrid car will be evaluated in this lesson. By reading and researching the history of the production of electric cars, the lesson allows students to understand how this market has developed.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Keep the Strike Going? Or End It? That Was the Question

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will be able to describe the circumstances around the 1998 NBA players strike, list the incentives that influenced player and owner decisions, and identify the costs and benefits the strike had on various groups.
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Seeds Foundation: Energy Literacy Series: Wind Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains all about wind energy, what it is, how it is produced, potential benefits and costs, etc.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Fewer Watts and Fatter Wallets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about incentives for alternative energy programs and the role played by non-price determinants in energy choices.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Be All You Can Be for Minimum Wage? (Student Page)

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson ask students to calculate the percentage change in military strength over the last two decades, hypothesize economic (and non-economic) explanations for these changes, test hypothetical explanations by reading an economic...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 3: Smart Saving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will define and identify the differences between saving and investing, evaluate the risks associated with investments, and explore the costs of using credit cards to make purchases.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Government Regulation of Industry

For Students 9th - 10th
A course from MIT on the role of government in markets. Includes suggested readings, lecture notes, assignments and exams.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Economics of Installing Solar Pv Panels: Is It Worth It to the Individual?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Help determine the financial calculations involved in an actual solar photovoltaic system installed Denver, Colorado in 2013.
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PBS

Pbs: Rough Science: Island General Store

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site asks users to imagine that they are stranded on a tropical island far away from any modern day conveniences. Provides experiments for users to learn how to make candles, glue, insect repellent and toothpaste.
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Pbs: News Hour Extra: Video Clip Board: The Teen Brain on Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
All of the newest technologies can be going on at one time - Facebook, texting, homework online, talking with friends on the computer. However, what are the consequences of this technological multi-tasking? Here is a video that discusses...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geoethics Forums: The Grey Side of Green

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the Geoethics Forums format, students are presented with a case study which explores the use of strategic minerals for green and clean technology.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geoethics Forums

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students experience the Geoethics Forums format by exploring a case study which explores the use of rare Earth minerals for green and clean technology.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Be All You Can Be for Minimum Wage? (Educator Page)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan ask students to calculate the percentage change in military strength over the last two decades, hypothesize economic (and non-economic) explanations for these changes, test hypothetical explanations by reading an...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: All in Business

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity on entrepreneurship can be used to help students understand what innovations are, and what it takes to get an idea off the ground. This activity will take students through the process of calculating risks associated with...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Impact of Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will use the Internet to discover the impact of technology on a variety of areas.
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University of California

Greater Good Science Center: What Makes Technology Good or Bad for Us?

For Students 9th - 10th
How technology affects our well-being partly depends on whether it strengthens our relationships. This article provides a brief academic look at how technology use may be impacting our relationships with one another.
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Brainspire: Technology and Society: How Technology Changed Our Lives

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how technology and society change each other. When technologies change, societies change as well and those changes often result in the need for more technology. This creates a cyclical relationship between the two....
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Brainspire: What Are the Effects of Technology on Human Interaction?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines the positive and negative ways that technology impacts human interactions and relationships within families and with the wider world, as well as the implications the over-use of technology has on the growing child....
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Samuel Centre: Effects of Technological Innovations on Social Interactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness discusses how technology has altered humans' interactions in their daily lives. Machines and automation have replaced our interactions with service people. It looks at the...

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