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Water Has Many Uses

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discover numerous uses of water. In this water usage lesson, students interview family members and discover unknown ways water is used in our daily lives. Numerous resources are provided.
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Groundwater as Part of the Water Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Make sure to read through the activity procedures thoroughly before teaching this lesson because the materials list is incomplete. Also, the mentioned worksheets and booklet are not available. However, there is no need to discard this...
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Research Projects in Renewable Energy for High School Students

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Thirty-eight pages of information prepares you to assign middle or high schoolers a project on sustainable energy. They take a pretest, review the scientific method, conduct background research, and finally choose an experiment to carry...
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Market Structure and Competition

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners explore the role of government in the economy market. For this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...
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A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students consider concepts of banking introduced in the story, "Basket of Bangles." In this banking instructional activity, students identify key terms through recall questions interspersed in the story. Using five handouts and a game,...
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Political Advertisements

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students are shown how to analyze the messages and the impact of the candidates' politicial adertisements in print, video, and audio formats. They are shown the techniques that candidates use to influence voter decisions and how to...
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Learning Economics through Comics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students summarize the historical development of money. In this economics instructional activity, students describe the process of bartering and explain how money facilitates trade and exchange. Students also define and describe...
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Animation Station

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine clay animation. In this technology lesson, students use the Internet to investigate the history of clay animation. Students use story boards and clay figures to create their own "animation."
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imovie-ski trip

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a movie using pictures taken from a class ski trip. In this iMovie-ski trip lesson the students determine which pictures they would like to represent their trip. Students then begin to construct their movie by using their...
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Weather Forecast

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students forecast the weather. In this weather lesson, students are assigned a day to give the weather forecast. Students write a script and video their weather forecast.
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The Trial of Monty Terry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research and analyze the Federal Reserve System. They participate in a reader's theater, acting out the roles typical of a courtroom drama as they determine whether the defendant, Monty Terry, is guilty or innocent of...
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Invest In Yourself

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students learn about budgeting, saving, dept, financial management, opportunity cost, and self-regulation. In this financial management lesson, students apply their knowledge of finance components and create their own web based plan...
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An Introduction to the Federal Reserve

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Federal Reserve System.  In this secondary economics lesson, students view a DVD titled In Plain English:  Making Sense of the Federal Reserve.  Students take notes and work in groups to review the information. ...
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WWI and Twenties & Thirties

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study economics and timelines of events to understand changes in America.  In this Twenties and Thirties lesson, students navigate Internet sites to research famous reformers.  Students recognize the economic changes through...
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Digital Video Interviews

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the jobs in their community. In this career education lesson, students interview a community member about his or her job in the community. Students video the interview.
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Cost Effective Buying

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students complete a worksheet that asks them to calculate the true energy cost of various appliances. They compare appliances with energy saving features, rebates and other economical incentives.
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The Business of Interest

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of simple and compound interest. In this interest lesson plan, students discuss how interest works on a loan. Students calculate simple and compound interest on loans of fictitious characters from a video.
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Mandarin Mountains: Get a Job

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners consider career options. In this career lesson, students use a selected Internet source to explore various jobs as well as the skills required for them. Learners also consider the contributions of workers to the communities they...
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Investment Investigator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate and model how to invest money. In this business lesson, students investigate 4 methods to investment. They discuss risky and safe investment.  
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Ford's Revolution (Differentiated by Ability)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the effects of Ford's use of the assembly line, auto financing, and increased wages to make his fortune. They complete a worksheet using the internet.
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Solving Problems Involving Percents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students solve the problems that involve the percents. Then they apply the operations to the word problems.
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Making Movies to Demonstrate a Process

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars use Windows Movie Maker to complete a how-to description activity. In this how-to and technology lesson, students create a slide show using Windows Movie Maker. Young scholars bring in the materials for the demonstration,...
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All About Me

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils explore self through the completion of a creative technology project. In this self-discovery lesson, students create a 25 frame movie about themselves.  Pupils incorporate images from the web and audio files. 
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Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices instructional activity, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, students use the Internet...