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Activity
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Lean on Me! We Depend on Each Other!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Click and drag each picture to put the steps of producing and consuming a book in the correct order.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Overview: Taxation and Deadweight Loss

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides an overview of Taxation and Deadweight Loss. When a tax is imposed on a market it will reduce the quantity that will be sold in the market. Whenever the quantity sold in the market is not the equilibrium quantity,...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how energy is transfered from one organism to another.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Ecosystem Food Chain and Food Web

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Starts with living and non living and works through producers, consumers, food chains and food webs.
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Handout
Channel 4 Learning

4 Learning: Science Essentials: Interdependence and Adaptation

For Students 3rd - 7th
Article describes the importance of green plants and the ideal conditions they need to produce the food and oxygen people need to live.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Constructing Sonoran Desert Food Chains and Food Webs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Is the food chain shown above accurate? Does the first link depict a producer, the second link a herbivore, and the third link an omnivore / carnivore? Students must correctly determine whether a species is a producer or consumer, and...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Computer Simulation of the Sonoran Desert Community

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The computer program's simulation of a Sonoran desert community should ultimately strengthen the student's comprehension of what is required for a natural ecosystem to sustain itself (remain in balance). This computer simulation program...
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Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
New and exciting career opportunities are developing as the biotechnology industry finds ways to manufacture and produce more eco-friendly products and materials for the consumer. Read about the efforts and strides being made and how...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Digital Citizenship

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Virtual learning resource on rights and responsibilities as consumers and producers of digital media and the internet. Click through the pages for more information. Includes handouts, audio, downlodable resources, assessment and activities.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environmental Challenges in China

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about the wonderful and fascinating country of China, and its environmental challenges that require engineering solutions, many in the form of increased energy efficiency, the incorporation of renewable energy, and new...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Food Chains and Food Webs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity, supported by the provided power point lecture (LESSON 1 and 2 Ecology Lecture Supplement ), introduces students to the concepts of food chains and food webs. Through its use, students learn the difference between producers...
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Handout
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

Seco: Environmental Pollutants From Electricity Production [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Facts about some major environmental pollutants produced by power plants, and what consumers can do to lower the carbon footprint from their energy use.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Rainforest Food Web

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains the characteristics of tropical and temperate rainforests and what rainforest food webs look like.
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Article
Other

S Cool: Engery Flow and Nutrient Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
This website describes trophic levels, transfer of energy between trophic levels, pyramids of ecology, and nutrient cycles within the environment.
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Us and Eu Go Bananas Over Trade

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Economists generally agree that free trade helps to improve the overall quality of life in countries that participate. However, disagreements do arise concerning trade agreements. This lesson looks at a disagreement between the US and EU...
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Lesson Plan
Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Score: Latin American Marketing Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Score provides information on the global marketplace. This is a unit where students are grouped to find out the best Latin American country to introduce a new fast food business. Site is very well outlined and includes...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Principles of Microeconomics

For Students 9th - 10th
An introductory course in the fundamentals of microeconomics. Includes a list of suggested readings, lecture notes, assignments, and exams.
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eBook
Other

Microeconomics Chapter 6: Price Elasticity of Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
Scrolling down towards the bottom of this site, there are equations, diagrams, and some general information concerning price elasticity of supply.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Food Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A close look at how animals and the environment interact with one another and specifically how the feeding relationships in a food web.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Economics: Microeconomics: Demand, Supply and Market Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Economics learning module with interactive assignments, projects and assessment discusses the interplay of demand, supply and market forces.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Organism Relationships: Food Chains, Webs, Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Given illustrations, students will analyze the flow of matter and energy in food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids.
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Handout
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Lipstick Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Frostburg State University answers a dye relevant question and in doing so gives the structural formula of a common dye. It explains how lipstick color lasts, and what chemical produces the red color.
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Unit Plan
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Eco Connections: Conservation of Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
During our exploration of each previous lesson, we have learned about many of the factors that contribute to the ongoing destruction of our environment. In our final lesson, we will make a holistic appraisal of the impact that each of...
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Article
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Market Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
In a market economy, the principles of supply and demand determine what is produced, how it is produced, and by whom it is produced and consumed. Learn how planned economies and mixed economies differ.

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