Fourth graders, after defining the task and searching for some creative strategies, role play being a Park Ranger who tries to save Big Bend from being removed from the National Park system in Texas. They support the keeping of Big Bend...

In this environmental awareness lesson, young scholars discuss packaging and the importance of using recycled materials in their packaging. Students bring in all sorts of items from home, and brainstorm ways that those items could have...

Students determine how much money is needed for a service learning project. They create a graph or chart to explain the budget for the service project. They complete budget worksheets as their plan goes into action.

In this European Union worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer and 8 fill in the blank questions about the Common Agricultural Policy.

Middle schoolers become familiar with the adverse health affects caused by cigarette smoking, nicotine addiction, and how when combined they may eventually lead to other risky behaviors. They engage in a role play where they make choices...

Providing four supply and demand charts for your students' interpretation, Part A of this activity quizzes their comprehension skills with six questions below. In Part B, students analyze additional charts and choose whether or not the...

Learners attempt to solve a countries economic problems. They investigate inflation, devaluing currency and foreign exchange.

Students will explain the ways geography determines the crops grown in the United States and other countries, and the resulting trade relationships.1. Discuss trade routes, both ancient and current. Discuss why the most direct route from...

In this economics worksheet, students read 6 scenarios about market equilibrium and then select one of them to write about. Students draw demand and supply curves to accompany their written answers.

Students discuss capital resources and the types of machines their families use at home. They discuss how these machines increase productivity, and how these concepts connect to the law of demand and capital invention.

Students calculate the costs for lodging and meals for a virtual field trip. They calculate the number of nights lodging needed for road and city travel and the number of meals needed, the costs for each, and input the data using...

Learners identify different fabrics and their properties. They test and observe the fabrics and record their results. They suggest differnet uses for them. They discover how engineers want to design products that are durable.

In this mental math worksheet, 7th graders find the products in a variety of multiplication problems. They complete 22 problems that include multiplication of basic factors, money, decimals and word problems.

Students work in small groups of 4-5 students to form a business, create, market and sell their product, and track their expenses and profits. They experience the roles of the producer, distributor, and consumer of goods.

In this table worksheet, learners observe information in a table, and then answer ten questions pertaining to the information. They must correctly read a table in order to arrive at the correct answer. Questions pertain to features of...

Fourth graders research how to select the most cost-effective snacks. In this consumer practices lesson, 4th graders compare packaging labels and come to conclusions on how cost effective the product is. Students discuss their findings.

Students discover how getting food from farm-to-fork involves several steps and many hands. In this interactive food chain lesson, students respond to a series of questions about food distribution then work collaboratively to create a...

Twelfth graders explore the basic principles of the US free enterprise system. They examine the basic principles of the US free enterprise system including profit motive, voluntary exchange, private property rights, and competition.

In this economics learning exercise, students define elasticity, calculate ranges of elasticity, and label diagrams pertaining to the concept of elasticity.

Second graders read books about ice cream and plan an ice cream sundae party for the class. They research ingredients and determine how much the party cost each student. They hold a mock opening for an ice cream store and have their party.

Students identify the different types of coins. They practice buying objects in the classroom with their coins. They must use different combinations of coins in all situations.

Pupils, while working in groups, pick a product or service from one company to invest in for the Newsday Stock Market Game. They develop an advertisement for the product or service utilizing the iMovie program on the computers.

Learners discover dangers to human health by researching what's in our drinking water.  In this water purification lesson plan, students discuss the conditions of water in undeveloped countries and why it is unsafe to drink....

Students investigate the currency exchange rate.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, student use proportions to exchange between the U.S. dollar and the euro.  Students come up with a product they would like to buy and...