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Stock Market

Use the business section to identify the prices of stocks. Purchase $200 of stock. Your stock can be in one or two or three companies. Track your stocks for six weeks. What news stories might have an impact on your stocks? At the end of six weeks sell your stock. Did you make or lose money?

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

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Decimals

Standard:

Students apply knowledge that fractions and decimals are two different representations of the same concept; calculate problems involving addition and subtraction and use math to solve real life problems.

What We Wear

The clothes we wear are made of natural fibers*** animal fur or man-made fibers. Cut out ads showing examples of clothing made from these materials. Compare the prices. Which material usually costs the most? Why? Does cost influence what we wear? How does climate influence the kind of material from which clothes are made? Where might you find the most clothes made from animal furs? Natural fibers? What advantages would there be in using man-made fibers?

Subject:

Life Science

Grade:

4th 5th 7th

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Plants/Animals

Standard:

Students apply knowledge that living things depend on one another and their environment for survival.

Baseball Score Board

Look for the baseball league standings. The W stands for games won. Compute the winning percentage of one team by dividing the number of games it won by the number it played. Does your answer match? Compute the combined percentage for the whole division.

Subject:

Operations

Grade:

5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Division

Standard:

Students calculate problems using division; interpret percentages or parts of a hundred; understand the relationship between division*** fractions and percents.

Good News/Bad News

Some people say only bad news is reported. Find examples of a good news being reported. Find examples of bad news being reported. Create a display.

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Graphic Organization

Standard:

Students clarify understanding of text by creating displays.

Create An Ad

Think of an item or a product you would like to sell. Maybe you can create a special product that does some magical jobs! Write an advertisement of your own to sell your product or invention. Study real ads for inspiration. Include art work or diagrams if you wish!

Subject:

Writing

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Skill or Strand:

Applications

Standard:

Students write brief expository descriptions of an object.