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Products, the Environment and Consumer Choices Lesson PlanProducts, the Environment and Consumer Choices Lesson Plan
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Products, the Environment and Consumer Choices

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Students review the factors of production and how they are used to make the products they buy. In groups, they participate in different scenerios in which they discover the amount of power they have to affect change buy purchasing the products they do. They also brainstorm the life cycle of newsprint and how it affects the environment.

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