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Earth Day family consumer sciences simulations
Arctic Survival Activity (For Team-Building, Group Dynamics, and Personality)
This cooperative learning activity pits learners and their groups against survival experts to see if they can survive a plane crash in the arctic. Will they make more sound decisions individually, or as a group? How do groups reach consensus? What sort of identities, personalities, or traits tend to dominate group discussion or group activities? These questions and more lie underneath the surface of a classic and beloved classroom activity!These topics and more are broached in this product, whi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
Budgeting Activity - Financial Literacy - Super Bowl
Students love applying budgeting concepts to the biggest game of the year. Budgeting for a Super Bowl trip in the classroom requires research, a spending plan, and know-how. This is a great activity for students who need an opportunity to practice making and staying inside of a budget. Spending plans are sometimes boring, but the Super Bowl is never boring. Money management skills can secretly be practiced while budgeting for a trip to the Super Bowl. This resource is effective for virtual
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Advertising Strategies, Writing Practice, Budgeting for Super Bowl
Design a New Toy Project
Students will use the Engineering Design Process to create a new toy. Simple worksheets that students work through to create the new toy. Takes 3 days: day 1 students are developing the toy with the design process, day 2 students are creating a poster that describes the toy with an illustration of the toy, day 3 students present their toy idea to the class.
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6th - 12th
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Lifestyle Economics Project Simulation worksheet - career, car, mortgage, bills
Lifestyle Economics Project - career, car loan, mortgage, monthly bills
Students must use the internet once they are assigned a career and given a salary to figure out (after taxes), a car and home they can afford while still paying the monthly bills
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8th - 12th
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Infant Simulator Student Contract & Parent Agreement | Child Dev | FCS
Before your students take home a RealCare Baby infant simulator, have them take home and fill out this student contract and parent agreement form. This resource will give you what I use and you will be able to edit it as you see fit for your class. It is a PowerPoint file to make it so it's editable and then you can save it as a PDF when it is the way you need it and give it your students. You May Also Like:Infant Simulator ReflectionInfants Unit Presentation & NotesInfant ActivitiesGuess Wh
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9th - 12th
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Family Consumer Science (FACS) Class Final Project-Startup Food Truck/Restaurant
Family and Consumer Science (FACS) students act as entrepreneurs for a Simple Startup Food Truck or Restaurant. There are actually TWO project files in this resource. The Food Truck file is separate from the Restaurant file. This is a REAL WORLD PROJECT that is project-based learning (PBL) at its best! NO PREP! Send it easily through your LMS to all of your students!⭐This project is aligned with the national FCS educational standards. Makes a great FINAL project ⭐Student Competencies:Entre
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6th - 12th
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Recycling Center Dramatic Play- for Reduce, Reuse,Recycle Study for Preschool
Are you currently using the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" study for preschool with your students? Elevate your classroom experience with this specially designed Dramatic Play Recycling Center! This immersive resource aligns seamlessly with the study, creating an interactive environment where young minds can delve into the principles of recycling, reusing, and reducing waste and energy. **Hands-On Learning:** Transform your classroom into an exciting recycling center where students actively particip
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool Studies
Stock Market Trading Simulation Game
You have told your students what trading on the floor of a major stock exchange like the New York Stock Exchange is like. Now let them experience some of the excitement for themselves. In this activity, students act as traders trying to accumulate all outstanding shares of a corporation in order to take it over. The first one to do so wins.
Students will gain an understanding of shares of stock as shares of ownership of a corporation, the strategy of corporate takeovers through buying out a maj
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9th - 12th
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Real Life Project! - A ONE MONTH VERY DETAILED & FUN SIMULATION!
This listing is for a big project that my students LOVE! In my Financial Management class, students learn all kinds of life skills, and for this simulation, I challenge them to test them out in the real world. Topics covered in this simulation:Choosing a career & figuring gross and net payMaintaining a checkbook and credit cardSavings and debtTransportation and car insuranceChoosing housingCompleting taxesPaying for childrenEither divorce or unemploymentVacations & holiday expensesStuden
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Financial Literacy Class Bundle
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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Freddy the Fish: Pollution Simulation
This pollution simulation is a great way for students to visually see the effects that humans have on natural environments. The teacher reads aloud the provided story which takes a fish on a journey that begins in its clean habitat and ends in a polluted stream. Students follow along with a recording sheet. Students feel compassionate towards the fish and can quickly see they need to be mindful of the effects of pollution.
What's Included:
-“What Do You Think?”
This sheet can be used with any
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K - 4th
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Water Conservation Lab: Design & Carry Out a Study - NGSS: Distance Learning
In this activity NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) aligned activity, students (Part 1:) design and carry out a study to calculate how much water will be saved if they turn the water off while brushing their teeth, and (Part 2:) design and carry out a loner-term study at home to calculate how much water can be conserved. The lesson proceeds as follows: 1. First, students watch a short video on water conservation, and the growing water shortage crisis worldwide. They answer a few questio
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5th - 12th
Fresh Water Supply Water Footprint & Clean Water Access Activity Kit
Explore just how finite our fresh water supply is and how much water humans consume on a daily basis in this 1-2 week activity kit. Topics include:Your students' own daily water footprints Water supply crises around the world Hundreds of millions without access to improved sanitation and safe drinking water These 5 activities are perfect for exploring our natural resources in your Human Geography, Current Global Issues, or Environmental Science course.All student materials come in both print PDF
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9th - 12th
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Personal Budget Project and Career Investigation
This personal budget project allows students to create a personal budget based off a chosen career's average annual salary. Students will get a real dose of reality as they try to make their monthly budget fit into their monthly income after taxes!
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8th - 12th
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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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Students learn how to choose a health insurance plan through dynamic simulation
Watch the quick teacher demo video: https://youtu.be/EqL5-ZB1Xl0 This activity is perfect for financial literacy an economic students.This activity was designed by a professional team (teacher, health insurance analyst, data analyst)Students learn the details of 3 popular health insurance plan type:Coinsurance PlanCopayment PlanHigh Deductible PlanStudents learn how each plan type differs based on:Insurance PremiumsAnnual DeductiblesCoinsuranceCopaymentsOut of Pocket Spending LimitsStudents use
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7th - 12th
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Infant Simulator Reflection | Google Form Template | Child Development | FCS
After your students take home a RealCare Baby infant simulator, have them fill out this reflection form. This resource will give you a basic template and you will be able to edit it as you see fit. I love seeing the responses from my students and reading about what they learned from the experience. Included in the zip file are 5 header images so you can choose the one you like best and use it in the Google form.UPDATED: Now has 5 new questions for a total of 12 reflection questions!You May Also
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9th - 12th
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El Ecoturismo | Pre and AP | Not just for Earth Day | Día de la Tierra
El Ecoturismo is a content rich and engaging lesson created for mid and intermediate students preparing for the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam.Click HERE to see a Video Preview.El Ecoturismo has been formatted as Google Slides™, is appropriate for Homeschool, Activity Centers and Classrooms and includes the following:30 visually appealing slides to guide the teacher as facilitator in delivering this practice.the National Standards for Foreign Language Teaching for this particular resource.
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Grocery Store Simulation Game (played in Google Slides)
This "choose your own adventure" style game simulates going to the grocery store and is a fun way to introduce students to independent grocery shopping. Some of the skills that are targeted in this game are:Understanding the layout of most grocery storesNavigating the store by reading overhead signsReviewing Food GroupsFollowing a shopping listPaying for your groceriesBagging your groceriesThere will also be some "side quests" along the way, which will open relevant games in a new tab, which wil
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Not Grade Specific
Safety and Sanitation in the kitchen Escape Room
EDITABLE Escape room geared toward safety and sanitation in the kitchen! This download includes all task cards and student directions as well as a teacher guide. Font is "Chiller" that comes free with Microsoft PowerPoint or can be downloaded online for free. Note: This CANNOT BE USED as a google slide. The format only works in PowerPoint. Do not attempt to use with google slides.
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7th - 12th
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Mission to Mars Lab: Design a Ship to Feed Astronauts |NGSS| Distance Learning
This ecology project is packed full of NGSS standards, and engages students in STEM activities. It proceeds as follows:1. First, students consider the hurdles involved in a manned-trip to Mars2. Then, students use concepts in ecology to design and create a self-sustaining food room for astronauts3. Finally, students evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their mini-ecosystem Time Frame: The initial set up of the project requires one or two classes. Students can then make observations for a f
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6th - 12th
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Finding Simple & Compound Interest - Car Activity
This is a quick, one page activity involving simple and compound interest. It presents a car and its price and offers four financing options. Students calculate the total to be repaid for each option. Great for comparing compound and simple interest or showing how length of a loan affects credit!Key is included. Discussion question page coming soon!TEKS: 8.12A, 8.12B, 8.12D, and 8.12E
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7th - 10th
Real-life Budget activity
This activity will be a guided class activity in which students choose their career from a list of careers and median salaries. The students will then use websites and given information to determine their school loan payments, buy a house, determine their mortgage, utilities, car payment, insurance and groceries/living expenses. The students will be able to complete a budget sheet and then a short 4 question reflection sheet from the activity. My students did this at the end of 8th grade math
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6th - 12th
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Budget Practice Scenarios Set revised 2023
Have your students practice basic family budgeting to address financial literacy standards with this 29 page packet. Students must read a scenario and interpret the financial information to create a monthly budget to determine the answer to a specific question regarding the budget. Fourteen scenario worksheets are presented with complete answer keys. This unique set can be used in many situations. They are perfect for formative and summative assessments. They can be used as whole group, individu
Grades:
7th - 12th
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