Download This Lesson: What Piece Of The Pie?
Brief Description: Students explore the economics of consumer food products by analyzing who gets what portion of the price we pay for our food.
OBJECTIVES
The student will:
- predict and compare the expenses of retailing a food product;
- create, read, and interpret pie charts and bar graphs; and
- given the range for each expense, compute the average.
ESTIMATED TEACHING TIME
Three Sessions: 45 to 60 minutes each.
Project Food, Land & People Alignment to Maine Learning Results:
Parameters for Essential Instruction Public Domain Lessons
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PreK-2 |
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6-8 |
9-Diploma |
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English Language Arts |
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B. Writing |
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B2 |
B2 |
B2 |
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Mathematics |
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B. Data – Data Analysis |
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Grades 3 & 4: B2 |
Grade 6: B2, B3 |
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Grade 5: B2, B3 |
Grade 7: B1 |
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Social Studies |
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C. Economics |
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C1a |
C1a |
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