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5th grade family consumer sciences simulations
Sugar Lab: How Much SUGAR Is In That Beverage? Health Science, NO-PREP!
Do your health class, science, or PE students love to guzzle sugary sweet beverages and snack on junk food? Show them EXACTLY how much sugar they are ingesting when they eat those Fruit Loops and cookies or drink that Gatorade and soda in this interactive, zero-prep, customizable Sweet Science Sugar Lab. Your students will get hands-on experience converting grams of sugar from common foods and drinks into stackable sugar cubes. Students will have a FUN and eye-opening learning experience with th
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5th - 10th
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Potato Baby Project
Explanation: Talking about Child Development with your students? Give them a fun activity where they get to see a glimpse of the responsibilities of caring for an infant!My students absolutely LOVE this project. When I first heard of this idea, I thought, "Really? I don't think they'll get excited about a potato." But after I tried it, let me tell you, I am FOR SURE doing this every semester. They are obsessed!Why not egg or flour babies? I chose not to do egg babies because I didn't want to har
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Candy Germ Transmission
Need a fun way to teach how germs are spread? Candy Germ Transmission is a fun experiment that can work well with any age group. I use it for high school, but I have friends who have used it in elementary school as well.
The experiment uses two similar candies that are transferred between student pairs. Only a few students are "infected". By the end of the experiment your class can see how germs are spread both directly and indirectly.
Includes instructions, data collection sheet, and
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1st - 12th
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Grocery Shopping & Money Practice
In my classroom, I use this activity with my students who need adapted materials during my “comparison shopping” units. This activity gives students the opportunity to practice shopping for items on a list, identifying various items in the grocery store, matching amounts of money to a number (with image support), and adding up the total cost.Please feel free to use these materials however they work best for you and your students!
Grades:
5th - 8th
Classroom Cash
In my classroom, I use classroom cash as part of a classroom economy. My 7th grade classes are focused on financial literacy and career exploration, and the introduction of a classroom economy has boosted student engagement by miles. In another product in my shop, you will find resources for implementing your own classroom economy for upper elementary and middle grades. I prefer to print my classroom cash on a specific bright colored paper so that students are less likely to counterfeit and it’s
Grades:
5th - 8th
Basic Budget Planning for Kids or Independents
Managing money can be challenging, whether you are 5 or 55, but having a simple to use plan can make all the difference. Following a basic principle of applying money to categories and planning for everything that comes in to be used effectively to go out will keep you from overspending and creating debt. This plan has the main categories and some of the specifics, with blank lines for items that may be specific to your financial situation. It is also broken into an independent budget planning a
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Vacation Activity - Math Review (Great for State Testing Review!)
This activity requires students to think critically while using addition, subtraction, and multiplication while on "Vacation" together. I use this activity just before spring break each year for two reasons: 1) It makes a great test review just before state testing. 2) It gives students an appreciation for the sacrifices parents make to take spring break trips. The kids LOVE this activity. It's fun for me too!
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Reflecting on Responsibility: Middle School Video Link and Activities
"Reflecting on Responsibility" includes a video and the speaker shares a personal experience when she failed to take responsibility. The video also includes ways that responsibility can impact life. The script of the video is included as well as the video is available in closed caption. There are seven activities/assignments that focus on the character trait of responsibility as well as a key for them. Activities/assignments can be completed by individuals or used in small student groups. This
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Stock Market Project
These are student instructions and handouts for a stock market unit.
Included:
Instructions on how to use Investopedia's FREE stock market game
A portfolio worksheet for students to track their stocks
A table for students to fill in when researching which stocks to purchase
The unit is intended to last at least 5 weeks and take up about two 45 minute class periods per week.
Lesson plans will need to be developed, and I recommend having at least one prior lesson on the history of the stock mar
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Market Day in Zimbabwe: An Economic Exercise
This packet contains everything you need to show your students the principles of supply and demand, trading, and bartering.
Cards included allow your students to be foreign buyers, miners, farmers, or ranchers. Each card has a sell/trade list and a need to buy list as well. Foreign buyers will enter the game with money to spend. Locals will either export their goods to those buyers, or trade with other locals for their supplies and food.
Students will set their own values for their goods and
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3rd - 8th
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How Much Does it Cost to Live
This simulation will teach kids what it will cost to live in their area of the world. It includes a Word document that guides them through finding the costs of all of the things we spend money on such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc. It also has an Excel spreadsheet set up with formulas already entered so that students can enter their findings and see what their monthly budget would be, their needed yearly gross salary for that budget as well as their needed hourly wage. The simu
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5th - 12th
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Be a Barista!
Students work as a group to create a coffee shop. Each "group" has a job and function within the shop. Demonstrates kitchen safety, hospitality, and nutrition skills.
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4th - 8th
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The "Real World" Budget Project
This is a project that has your students figure out how they would survive in the "real world." They must find a place to live, budget food and transportation costs, and more!
Grades:
5th - 8th
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