Posts Tagged ‘ Middle School ’

Impact of Technology on the Family

Impact of Technology on the Family

It’s been said that the only thing that is constant in life is “change”. Our world is constantly changing and families are not insulated from the changes that occur in the society in which they live. One thing that seems to be changing at rapid speed is technology. So is technology and all of...

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Technology & Toddlers Activity

Apps the new toddler toy

It's hard to escape the children's toy lesson without addressing the prevalence of Apps for Smart phones and tablets as the new toys for toddlers. Give it just a couple of years and this lesson will be obsolete as the students you'll be teaching grew up playing more with Apps than physical toys and...

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Goals Make You Reach the Sky Activity & Bulletin Board

Goals Make you Reach the Sky

The winner of the February give away is this lesson from Jessica Uplinger, a Family Consumer Science teacher from Ohio. In her lesson, students learn how important goals are and learn to make their own.

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Fruit Lab

Fruit Tasting

One of my favorite things to do with students are taste tests. They absolutely love it if they are brave enough to give it a try. So many students never get the chance to try different fruits unless their parents expose them to them. Bring on this lesson that will be sure to be...

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Tourism & Hospitality Lesson Plans, Worksheets, & PowerPoints

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Lesson Plans Introduction to Hospitality & Tourism Four Segments of Hospitality & Tourism Service for All Lesson Factors that affect Hospitality & Tourism Career Webquest Authentic Experience Lesson Plan Chinese Dinning Etiquette Tourism & South Africa Extreme Tourism Lesson Plan Tourism Lesson Worksheets Four Segments Information Sheet (PDF) Career Challenge WebQuest Example (PDF) Categories...

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What do Babies Think? Alternative Activity

What Do Babies Think?

This is an activity I came up with after reading the What do Babies Think Lesson previously shared on the website. I couldn't assign the experiment included in the lesson because my students didn't have access to children in that age range, but I did find a site where students could find their...

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Christmas Cookie Factory: Day 3

Christmas Cookie Factory: Day 3

They are all the rage this year. Red velvet cookies are what we made day 3 of the Christmas Cookie Factory. For those who like easy, semi-homemade cookies these are delightfully simple. Red Velvet Christmas Cookies 5 Different Ways! Ingredients Red Velvet Cake Mix 1/3 Cup vegetable oil 1 tsp vanilla 2 eggs Directions...

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Christmas Cookie Factory: Day 2

12 Days of Christmas cookies Day 1

On the second day of baking massive amounts of cookies, find the red & green chocolate, chocolate chip cookies. Did I say chocolate twice? These are brownie like cookies with the beautiful touch of red and green chips. Red & Green Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients 1 stick soft butter ½ cup brown sugar...

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Christmas Cookie Factory: Day 1

12 Days of Christmas cookies Day 1 Red & Green Chocolate Chip

On the first day of the Christmas Cookie Factory there were these irresistibly fun chocolate chips in the grocery store that just needed to be made into something tasty but that still showed of their colors! Red & Green Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup shortening 3/4 cup sugar 3/4...

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Fast Food Commercials & Nutrition

Fast Food Commercials & Nutrition

This lesson compels students to analyze fast food marketing practices specifically the marketing efforts aimed at children and teenagers. Using Neilsen commercial data, students answer a variety of questions and draw their own conclusions.

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