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New & Used

Find five items for sale in the newspaper. Chart the items and their prices. Can you find the same items for sale used? What is the difference in price? What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying new and used?

Subject:

Economics

Grade:

3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Basic Concepts

Standard:

Students demonstrate basic economic reasoning in terms of how individual economic choices involve trade-offs and the evaluation of benefits and costs.

Area

Find several pictures and cut them out of the newspaper. Measure the length of each picture and write it along the edge. Measure the width and write it along its edge. Figure the area and write it in the middle. Don't forget to label the area with the proper unit of measure.

Subject:

Measurement

Grade:

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Skill or Strand:

Area

Standard:

Students measure using standard units; measure the area of rectangular shapes using appropriate units.

Silent Soup

Let's make a silent soup. Draw a circle on your paper. In the circle place words you cut out of the newspaper that have silent letters in them. How big a bowl can you make?

Subject:

Reading

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Skill or Strand:

Decoding

Standard:

Students recognize special patterns when reading.

Saving Energy

Find an article or advertisement encouraging energy savings. Tell what kind of energy would be saved. Why is this important?

Subject:

Earth Science

Grade:

6th

Skill or Strand:

Energy

Standard:

Students evaluate how sources of energy differ in amounts*** distributing usefulness and the time required for their formation.

Fire!

All fires need fuel and oxygen to keep burning. Find articles about fire and paste them on paper or in a journal. What fuel the fire is consuming? Is the fires useful or destructive? Put your answers on a piece of paper next to your articles.

Subject:

Physical Science

Grade:

3rd 8th

Skill or Strand:

Energy

Standard:

Students identify fuel as a source of stored energy; changes occur when objects are heated.