Council for Economic Education
Opportunity Cost
The price of those new shoes involves more than just money! Individuals explore the concept of opportunity cost using a video clip and gratification discussions. They prepare a budget based off of their set of values in regards to...
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Does My hair Disrupt Your Learning?
Students use the internet to research ways to save and earn money. They interview bankers and financial counselors to discover different types of investments. Students create public service announcements to inform their classmates of...
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Frisbee Baseball
Students keep track of the number of tosses it takes them to reach each base, and encourage team members and recognize their successes. To make this activity fit the level of older classes, measure distances and figure averages as you play!
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H2O to Go to Go
Youngsters engage in a relay race where they dip a sponge in water, run to a bucket, and squeeze out the sponge. They have five minutes to take turns transporting water to the goal. Whey the time is up, each team measures the total...
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Does The Type of Mulch Used Affect Plant Growth?
Students measure, record and graph the plants they grow in a controlled setting. They feed and water the plants as needed and use the scientific method to evaluate the growth.
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Routines and habits
Students tell time to the hour, half hour and quarter hour. They practice vocabulary of daily routines. They match word cards with a picture representation of the card. They graph classmates schedules.
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Code Crackers Math Game
Middle schoolers, through this math game, are provided with opportunities to work with math operations and simple algebraic equations. They create a spreadsheet-based "rule machine."
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Making Money
From evaluating the current employment market to building a resume, pupils are introduced to the wide and varied elements of career planning.
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Cycling
Students participate in a variety of activities related to biking. They follow diction to draw a picture of a bike. They read an article about cycling and role play in a bike shop. They design a poster for a campaign that encourages bike...
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Order of Operations
Sixth graders perform the Order of Operations. Given various story problems, groups of students solve equations requiring division, multiplication, parenthesis, exponents and other mathematical processes. They discuss the order of...
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Teaching Money
Students identify the coins and bills used in the United States. They write the amounts of each bill and coin and practicing counting different amounts. They follow a demonstration about how to count money as well.
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Egyptian Multiplication
Learners examine the Egyptian method of multiplication and independently multiply any two numbers using the Egyptian algorithm.
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Transportation
Learners examine the different types of transportation. They practice reading a bus schedule and identifying which direction the bus is traveling. They also calculate cost of the ride and how long the ride is.
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Spanish Days of the Week/Counting
Students practice using the Spanish words for the days of the week and numbers. They use a calendar to help them with the activity. They also demonstrate their ability to say "tomorrow will be" and "yesterday was".
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Incredible Equations - Math Calendar Activity
Students review math facts and create their own math problems using the numbers in the current date. They demonstrate the problems using various manipulatives.
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Apple Graphing
Students sample a variety of types of apples and then survey each other regarding their favorites. They chart how many students prefer each type of apple.
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Spider Tea Cakes - Miss Spiders Tea Party
Students assemble a spider tea cake by counting out their objects and following directions
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Slavery and the Underground Railroad
Students examine a map of the Underground Railroad. They trace the slaves journeys and calculate the mileage. They write an essay about the risks and penalties one faced in escaping. They work together in groups to name characteristics...
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Estimation Station
Students explore estimation and count by tens with Goldfish crackers.
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Geometric Shape Dances
Students use movement and dance in order to strengthen mathematical understanding of different geometric shapes. The movements are imitating the drawing of shapes and they pick one to make into a dance. Upon beginning the dance music can...
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Puzzles With Partners
Students work together to complete puzzles. They practice their critical thinking skills and cooperative learning. They share their puzzles once they are complete.
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Polygons
Middle schoolers work together to create mobiles with different polygons. They research the polygon and list its characteristics. They may present to the class if they chose to.