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Grades 9-12

MCEE Presents: Viewing Sustainability through an Economic Lens

Presenter: Minnesota Council on Education

In this economics webinar, see how to integrate core concepts into lessons on contemporary environmental and ecological challenges.

Key Concepts: Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Producers

60 mins

Apr 07 6:00-8:00pm ET

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

On Demand Thursdays: Transferring Lessons to Google Classroom

Presenter: Andrew Menfi

In this webinar, teachers will review utilizing and customizing functions of the Google Classroom suite.

Key Concepts: Technology

60 mins

Jan 21 12:30-1:30pm ET

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Grades 9-12

Climate Change and the Economy: Challenges and Possibilities

Presenter: Theodore Opderbeck

In this economics webinar, use lessons to help students evaluate policy options to cope with climate in the decades ahead.

Key Concepts: Fiscal Policy, Government Failures, Technology

60 mins

Dec 08 7:00-8:00pm ET

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Globalization, Robots & You: Navigating Tomorrow’s Economy

Presenter: Cheryl Ayers

In this economics webinar, use MRU's curriculum to help students make informed education/career decisions based on globalization trends.

Key Concepts: Consumers, Entrepreneurship, Personal Finance

60 mins

Dec 16 5:00-6:00pm ET

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8

MCEE Presents Media Projects Integrating Economics & Sustainability for Grades 4 - 8

Presenter: Minnesota Council on Education

In this webinar, learn how to to teach about the connection between sustainability and economics.

Key Concepts: Economics, Technological Changes

120 mins

Aug 19 12:30-2:30pm ET

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Grades 9-12

MCEE Presents Media Projects Integrating Economics & Sustainability for Grades 9 - 12

Presenter: Minnesota Council on Education

In this webinar, learn how to to teach about the connection between sustainability and economics.

Key Concepts: Economics, Technological Changes

120 mins

Aug 20 12:30-2:30pm ET

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Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Transferring Lessons to Google Classroom

Presenter: Andrew Menfi

In this webinar, teachers will review utilizing and customizing functions of the Google Classroom suite.

Key Concepts: Technology

60 mins

Mar 23 7:00-8:00pm ET

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Grades 9-12

Using Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction) to Teach Economics [Middle and High School]

Cli-Fi, the “hottest” new literature genre, portrays humans dealing with extreme weather situations. Discover how dire events of such as rising...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scarcity

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Grades K-2

Forecasting Economics

Can you learn economics from the weather? Students will be able to integrate science, math, and economics through this engaging...

Key Concepts: Consumers, Goods and Services

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Grades 3-5

Spotlighting Entrepreneurs: A Technology "iCon"

What better way to address Common Core standards in Reading Informational Text than by meeting a gentleman that changed the...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business, Credit…

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Be an Energy Saver

This lesson focuses on the scarce and nonrenewable nature of fossil fuels in order to stimulate student thinking about energy...

Key Concepts: Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Incentive…

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Grades 3-5

Peanuts, Pecans, and Peas, Please

George Washington Carver, a great scientist, changed the economy of the South with his agricultural knowledge. This lesson will investigate...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Entrepreneurs

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Grades 9-12

Blowing in the Wind

Wind energy is becoming a viable alternative to more traditional forms of energy generation. In this lesson, students will determine...

Key Concepts: Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Incentive

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Grades 3-5

Economic Spotter: Inventors and Entrepreneurs in the Industrial Age

The Industrial Age has also been called the Age of Edison. Edison patented more than 1000 inventions and gave rise...

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs

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