Describes a consumer science fair to help students develop problem-solving skills and become savvy consumers. (MKR)

This guide has been prepared to assist teachers of kindergarten to grade four students in the implementation of health education into the curriculum. This booklet contains student objectives, suggested activities, and pertinent questions which will provide the basic tools to meet program goals. The ten major areas of instruction are: 1) consumer…

Developing financial fitness requires developing a knowledge base and then applying it. This teacher guide and student workouts package contains 15 lessons from students at grades 3-5, divided into 4 theme areas of earning and income, saving, spending and borrowing, and managing money. The development of knowledge for use in the everyday life of…

This fourth grade curriculum guide for health education follows the Duval County Public Schools (Jacksonville, Florida) comprehensive program for K-12 that aims to help students gain an intelligent understanding of health as a unity of physical, mental, and social well-being. The guide deals with three primary ideas: (1) the human body has a basic…

This guide for teachers contains product safety information appropriate for young children and suggests learning activities for third through sixth graders. Activities encourage children to examine their home environments for safety hazards and to share this information with family and friends. Unit 1 introduces five basic safety concepts upon…

A unit on manufacturing and consumerism for fourth grade social studies classes is presented. The unit, organized around a learning center approach, is composed in story form with cartoon illustrations. Objectives are to define the terms consumer, producer, goods, services, resources, and labor; explain what manufacturing is; and describe the…

This unit, designed for elementary school social studies classes, contains student materials and teacher's guide for exploring different means of exchanging goods and services. The unit is divided into two parts and designed around a learning center approach. In Part I the student uses pictures, games, and activity sheets to distinguish between…

This document provides teaching guidelines, objectives, and student activities for a three-part television advertising unit intended for use in a fourth grade consumer economics program. Major objectives of the unit are to help students look critically at television commercials. Each part of the unit requires from four to six hours of classroom…

This unit introduces the American tax system to elementary school students in grades 3-5. It is presented in three sections, all of which are built around the story of Tex Tax leaving the ranch and going to the city for the first time. Section one centers on taxation at federal, state, and local levels. The student learns to distinguish between…

The curriculum guide presents a working draft of the fourth grade component of a K-6 social studies program using the expanding environments approach which was developed by the Allegany County Board of Education in Maryland. The overall objective is to help teachers assist their students in gaining the understanding needed to deal with the…

This book provides guidance and instruction for nine in-depth projects that integrate information literacy skills and technology skills with the elementary curriculum while promoting small-group learning and interpersonal skills. These projects use the talents of both the teacher and the librarian and emphasize small group learning. The following…