Grade 9-12
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On-Demand Webinar

MCEE Presents: Viewing Sustainability through an Economic Lens

Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Minnesota Council on Education
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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Learn about MCEE’s How to be Green While Staying in the Black to equip high school students with a basic understanding of selected sustainability issues.
  • See how lessons can inspire students to champion innovative solutions to address environmental, ecological and related economic challenges facing the planet and its people.

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Concepts

Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

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

Description

Presented by Emily Anderson of Blaine High School and the Minnesota Council on Economic Education.

How to be Green While Staying in the Black is an economics curriculum for high school teachers in social studies, business, agricultural education, and science-related fields.

          

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