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Animal Track Mural
Students create a mural depicting who they are. They observe and describe animals in their local environment and relate themselves to an animal. They also discuss how animals show proof of them being in a certain area.
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What is the Relationship Between DNA and Cancer?
High schoolers examine the structure and functions of DNA. They discover the effects radon has on one's DNA and how it leads to cancer. They discuss why DNA is so important to us.
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Science Week 2006
Students read these news reports: Science is hard and dull says kids, and PM behind Science Week campaign. They then discuss that the news stories show two sides of the public image of science in the UK. The teacher explains that...
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Cyber Vacation
Students will look up information concerning their destination. The information should include their destination; the monetary system of the country; cost of hotels; airplane fares, etc. They look at ways to improve o searches as a...
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Math: Heads or Tails
Seventh graders discover the difference between theoretical and experimental probabilities by designing their own problems and testing them. After conducting their own coin toss trial, they compare their results with an Internet...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Evaluating Savings Scenarios
By analyzing real-world scenarios, learners practice making informed decisions about savings tools to meet financial situations and needs. Includes teaching guide, a handout on options for saving money, and a student worksheet that can...
Other
Tonya Skinner: Workplace Ethics Making Informed Decisions
A lesson plan for teachers on workplace ethics. This is a good site for information on the topic.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Giving Credit
This lesson introduces the role and importance of the 3 C's - capacity, character, and collateral - to being granted credit. An online story about a girl who fails to return soccer shin guards borrowed from a friend is used to spark...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Safari: Ways of the Wild
Explore the problem of wildlife management in many African countries. Apply critical thinking skills to a decision-making scenario and strategically communicate information.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Staying Afloat Financially in the 21st Century
This instructional activity will help young scholars identify how to make good decisions which will help them financially in the future. Students will identify how to take their own wants and work them into a form of a personal budget....
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Extinction: Is It Inevitable?
Students read the article "The Sixth Extinction" by Niles Eldredge on past mass extinctions and the current rate of loss of species. There is a choice of student activities which includes having students respond to discussion and...