Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Reflecting on Needs Versus Wants

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By thinking about their own expenses, students explore how differentiating between needs and wants can inform daily financial decisions and rules to live by.
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Geometry: Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on symmetry including reflectional symmetry, rotational symmetry, and palindromes. It defines each, gives examples, and practice activities.
Website
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Gullah Net: Gullah Music

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore aspects of African music as reflected in the songs and music of slaves who lived in coastal South Carolina.
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Legislative Process: Congress at Work

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will analyze historical records of the House and Senate to understand the sequence of steps in the legislative process. The students will work collaboratively to study documents and identify the step in the process that each...
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Up Periscope!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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EL Education

El Education: Chickenology: The Art and Science of Keeping Chickens

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This manual was written by a group of middle school and high school students in the Maplewood Richmond Heights school district. The students, known as the "Chickenologists", care for the district's flock of chickens. This comprehensive...