Students worked in small groups to create a stop motion animation video which advertises a local business. Students worked collaboratively with a business owner to create an advertisement which positively represents the business. Completed projects were shown on each business’ website.
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Students will recognize the importance of gathering research information on life circumstances before making a decision.
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Students will learn what email is, how to set up an account, how to reply to and send emails, and more.
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The students will work with a partner to participate in a "Track Star" game to illustrate positive and negative spending behaviors.
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Fifty Nifty Econ Cards are designed for elementary and middle school students to assist them in developing a knowledge base of economic and personal finance words. Using the accompanying Teacher Resource Guide (English|Spanish) to introduce the word cards and meanings to students should help provide a foundation in economic thinking. Multiple activities are available for students.
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In this hands on activity, students construct their own edible model of the DNA double helix.
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This online lesson covers basic word processing skills and functions. Students will be able to repeat simulation until they are comfortable with the activities.
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This online lesson covers creating graphs from a spreadsheet. Students will be able to repeat simulation until they are comfortable with the activities.
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Students will learn about the four types of business organizations: sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and franchise. Students will play a concentration game to better understand the features, advantages, and disadvantages of each type. Students will then analyze four scenarios and recommend the type of business organization that is most appropriate for each case. The lesson concludes with an analysis of how each type of business organization plays an important role in the U.S. economy.
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Students will use Microsoft Word to format two memos. Students will use formatting features that include margin settings, font size, font style, bold, underline, numbering, header and footer.
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Students will choose a college based on their career goals and aspirations. In this lesson, students will select a career field, choose a field of study (major), and research college cost. Students will learn how to chart, graph, analyze and present the total cost of college in a spreadsheet.
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Students will plan several career goals, integrate technology into their speech, and research a career of interest.
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The students will view the short video that shows an individual going through the interview process.
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This activity will introduce students to the topic of banking. It is a hands-on lesson in which the students will be writing checks and deposit slips and keeping up with a check register. It is a technology-based lesson that uses interactive websites as well as a presentation to enhance the lesson.
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Students will take a product from inception to sale using research of demographics, existing products information, manufacturing, production, and distribution costs, and product pricing to determine exact product design of the sneaker. After production, they will create a “buzz†to sell the product to financial literacy students during a premiere product party.
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Hot Shot Business is an entrepreneurship game simulation, where students will open their own business. As business owners, students will start marketing campaigns; change products, services and prices. In the simulation students will need respond to the demands of customers and new events to make their business a success. Di
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The lesson teaches students about the kinds of knives, how to sharpen and store them, how to use them safely, and how to practice knife skills. It ends with a lab that allows students to demonstrate the knife skills they've learned.
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This lesson plan will spark student interest in the topic of biomedical engineering and the use of animals in research. By the end of class, students will be able to express opinions about this topic from different points of view and discuss their own views respectfully with classmates. With the survey, students get to express thier opinion on several issues regarding animal use in research.
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This lesson plan will introduce students to the various areas in their lives that have been impacted by animal research. They will also be prepared for their webquest activity in lesson three.
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Students are introduced to the idea that "hot" emotional states such as anger or excitement can make it harder for them to control how they act. They also discuss the concept of empathy and look at the ways in which digital communication can make it harder to feel empathy for other people. Students then read scenarios that portray two sides of an online conflict and consider how to resolve them, using their discussion to build a list of tools for emotional management and conflict resolution online. Finally, student create a media product that explains and reminds them of one of those tools.
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