Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Of One Mind: Consensus Based Decision Making: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the process of consensus-based decision making. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Of One Mind: Consensus-Based Decision Making."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Non Rational Factors in Decision Making: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that decision making is not an entirely rational process and will be able to name some of the factors that influence it. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Non-Rational Factors In...
Website
Mind Tools

Pmi Weighing the Pros and Cons of a Decision

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines and explains the PMI Decision Making System, which improves upon the weighing pros and cons method to make a decision.
Activity
FNO Press

Fno.org: Develop a Family Decision Making Council

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief article introduces PMI as a method of decision making. While the thrust of the article deals with building skills for the information age, the PMI model is an interesting way to go about family decisions.
Website
Other

E Rulemaking Program: Let Your Voice Be Heard

For Students 9th - 10th
You can make a difference in the federal decision making process. Search by date, category, or government agency and read recent governmental regulations. Assess these regulations firsthand and provide feedback to the people who matter.
Unit Plan
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Barriers to Critical Thinking: Errors in Judgment

For Students 9th - 10th
Users of this learning module will explore the Errors in Judgment: Barriers to Critical Thinking and how it affects their decision-making processes.
Activity
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Making Decisions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes and a video clip provide students with an introduction to the idea of marginal analysis and of how consumers and producers make decisions.
Activity
Other

Dover Adult Learning Center: Pick Your Candidate [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This document from the Dover Adult Learning Center is a nice resource for any beginners in the political decision-making process. Provides links to material to help decipher ads, candidate speeches, rhetorical tricks, campaign issues,...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Stakeholder Processes: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the concept of the stakeholders' process. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Stakeholder Processes."
Unit Plan
Other

New Internationalist: Making Decisions

For Students 3rd - 8th
From a 1984 article published in the New Internationalists, "Slow Train to Patna," the author describes a train journey in Bihar, India, where passengers explore the world of community action.
Article
Virtual Salt

Virtual Salt: Biases Affecting Information Processing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Author discusses eleven separate biases that can affect decision making. Also provides several factors at the bottom of the page which negatively influence decisions.
Website
Mind Tools

Force Field Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines and describes the force field analysis decision-making process. This process is particularly useful when a change is to be implemented.
Professional Doc
University of Hawai'i

University of Hawaii: Communication Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
"Active Learning, Critical Thinking and Multicultural Education in Communication Ethics" discusses strategies to assist students in dealing with moral issues and to develop higher order thinking in the ethical decision-making process.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Multiple Choice: Eliminating Extreme Choices: Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review different ways to eliminate poor choices that may be seen on multiple choice tests. Marking strategies to use during the process of elimination are included, along with examples of how to...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Make a Mummy

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many steps involved in the process of mummification use by the Egyptians in their burial process. What is preserved after thousands of years? And what can scientists learn about life in ancient Egypt from studying...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Cellular and Molecular Biology : Cell Processes Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over the biochemical processes of life, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Interactive
Other

Mission Us: For Crown or Colony?

For Students 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Authors provide an interactive way to actually experience history in an on-line game. Become Nat Wheeler as he makes his way to Boston in 1770, a crucial time in history! Find your way around Boston to...
Unit Plan
Other

British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life (11 14 Years)

For Students 6th - 9th
A rich collection of eleven learning modules that cover a wide range of topics, including nutrition, diet and health, food science, agriculture, food preparation, food processing, food safety, and more. Modules have PowerPoints,...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Can We Revive Lake Erie's "Dead Zone?"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Ohio Sea Grant website features a WebQuest-like activity that explores the development of a dead zone, an oxygen-deprived area where there is no life, in Lake Erie. The activity aims to teach students about the processes that...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Power Generation Town Council

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work together to implement decision-making processes used by governmental agencies to select a power generation system for a small town. This will enable students to develop critical thinking and questioning skills while...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Whose Land Is This? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan, with printable activity sheets, from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US." Designed to help learners examine the anti-immigrant sentiment that led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and...
Handout
Other

The Math Center: Advice for Factoring Polynomials

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a general resource on how to factor any polynomial. It reads like a flow chart on the decision-making process. Contains information about factoring polynomials with two, three, or four terms.
Activity
Other

Smart Voter: How to Judge a Candidate

For Students 9th - 10th
The League of Women Voters offers a step-by-step process of evaluating public officials for voting and election purposes. The process points out elements to look for in both a candidate's experience and campaigning behaviors. Potential...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using "Good Guide" to Create Better Consumers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This learning activity helps educators and learners use a valuable web resource that ranks products based on three sustainability criteria: personal health, environmental impact, and social equity.