Learners explore the concept of percents. For this percents lesson, students discuss the prefix cent and words that contain that prefix. Learners make bead necklaces and determine the percentages of certain beads in relation to the...

In this reading review for grade 2 (2.1) worksheet, 2nd graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about comprehension of 7 passages.

It's 1943, and Jewish people in Denmark are in hiding from the Nazis. What protection can the United States offer them? By examining the Constitution, specifically the Bill of Rights, scholars consider the protections afforded to those...

Students plan and maintain balanced budgets.

Students examine the Kansas state quarter and the Buffalo nickel and look for clue to help them identify why the bison was so important to the Native American. They perform "freeze frames" depicting Native American use of the bison.

Young scholars examine what it takes to purchase a car and the resources out there to help find what you are looking for.  In this scientific method lesson students complete different problem solving situations.

Students solve problems involving interest. In this investing activity, students investigate the pros and cons of investing in a bank account and stocks. They differentiate between aggressive and conservative investments.

Students research production, consumptions, and disposal of everyday items and their ecological impacts. In this sustainable economics lesson, students discuss clothing and various items used everyday in groups. Students then study a...

Third graders perform jobs in order to sustain their classroom community. After completing a brief overview of how local economies are sustained, they complete job applications for classroom jobs. Students perform their jobs throughout...

Learners discuss ways in which grown ups can save energy, money and the Earth in preparation for sending out Earth Day e-cards. They make an Earth Day action list.

Students engage in a lesson that discusses the economy of Japan. They conduct research using budgets found on the internet. Then they have group discussions of how the government gets its money for spending.

Eleventh graders study osteoporosis and understand the relationship between calcium and bone mass.  In this investigative lesson students participate in an activity in which they graph and construct basic bone biology.

Students create their own balance to determine a difference in the weight (and composition) of cents made in different years.

Students examine the case of The Gulf Coast and relate it financial importance. In this financial planning lesson, students watch a video and then begin to analyze how to plan for the unexpected by reviewing the financial components that...

Fourth graders explore the basic needs of living things. They observe a variety of living things and identify the basic needs of each living item. Students create food balls of peanut butter and nuts to feed animals. They hang their food...

Students identify reasons people choose to donate. In this donating lesson, students contrast the words spend, save, and donate. Students learn a song about donating, brainstorm reasons to give, and make sound choices with their money.

Pupils analyze the funding strategies of a modern central government. Individuals or groups construct a plan for increasing spending and making cutbacks in various government programs. Students examine the importance of taxes on the...

Students investigate sets and subsets as they group coins and dinosaurs. Using scissors and provided sheet, they sort dinosaurs according to their commonalities. Their groupings are shared with the class.

Students explore coins, especially the nickel, through a toy cash register, worksheet, and paper nickels.

Students make their own decisions over how central government should spend the money they get from taxing the public. They discuss where they could get more money from and how does spending and taxation outlined in the budget affect kids.

Young scholars consider why people collect stamps and other items and how the Internet has changed hobbies. They review stamp collecting Web sites and brainstorm how the Web can serve another popular collectible.

Students determine the difference between immigration and emigration. They read and listen to books about emigration westward during the Gold Rush years. They examine life in Gold Rush towns while determining why gold is so valuable....

Young scholars investigate how safe their school is. There have been a lot of changes after the Dunblane tragedy in 1995, when a man broke into a primary school and killed 16 students and a teacher.Young scholars discuss some of the...

Students analyze a graph representing college tuition increases, consider the possible causes and consequences of these tuition increases and collect data on tuition changes at colleges in the United States by region and graph the data.