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Teachers and students in lower elementary grades will love our Half-Pint Economics curriculum publication. This curriculum has 20 lessons covering 11 KEP concepts as well as 7 other concepts focusing on helping kids m...
This Nature of Teaching lesson plan teaches students about the endangered eastern hellbender and the importance of conserving it. The hellbender is North America's largest salamander, growing up to 2 feet long. It is ...
Herschel Goes into Business - Super Combo
With the new DVD you get the 22 Original KidsEcon Posters as well as the new 12-inch Herschel puppet, which you can use to follow up and expand on concepts learned in the DVD. Your students will really enjoy learning ...
Herschel Goes into Business DVD (second in a series)
Herschel Goes into Business - A New Herschel's World of Economics DVD!
In this new DVD, Herschel the dog puppet - with lots of help from Dr. Day - learns about the challenges of running his own doggie treat bus...
Herschel Goes into Business DVD / Poster Combo
This combo set contains both the new Herschel Goes into Business DVD and the 22 Original KidsEcon Posters.
In the DVD, Herschel the dog puppet--with lots of help from Dr. Day--learns about the challenges of run...
Your students will love seeing you use this new 12" hand puppet of Herschel to reinforce the lessons in both of the Hersc...
Herschel's World - Complete Combo
This is a terrific deal! You get both DVDs--the original Herschel DVD and the new Herschel Goes into Business DVD. You also get the 22 Original KidsEcon Posters and the new Herschel 12-inch hand puppet for follow up ...
Herschel's World of Economics - Super Combo
With Herschel's World of Economics DVD you get the 22 Original KidsEcon Posters as well as the new 12-inch Herschel puppet, which you can use to follow up and expand on concepts learned in the DVD. Your students will ...
Herschel's World of Economics DVD
Elementary-age students will be charmed by Herschel, a feisty little puppet dog who thinks he knows a lot about economics, but still has a lot to learn. Dr. Day comes to the rescue and helps Herschel learn about impor...
Herschel's World of Economics DVD / KEP Poster Combo
This combo set contains both the Herschel's World of Economics DVD (11 posters covering econ...
Herschel's World-Double DVD and Poster Combo
You get both Herschel DVDs--the original Herschel's World of Economics plus the new Herschel Goes into Business. In addition, you get the 22 Original KidsEcon Posters.
In the DVD, Herschel the dog puppet--with ...
KidsEcon Posters: 6 Core Economic Principles Poster
This poster represents six powerful ideas that explain the economic behavior of people. You and your students will discover new insights as you apply these principles to the choices people make in the study of: Civics...
KidsEcon Posters: Activity Cards
If you are looking for an effective and motivating way to reinforce the 22 KidsEcon Posters economic concepts, then the KidsEcon Posters Activity Cards are for you! Each deck consists of 88 sturdy economic concept car...
Reinforce poster concepts using the KidsEcon Posters Bingo Game. Each Bingo Game comes with teacher instructions, 23 colorful poster concept cards, 30 student Bingo cards, 800 markers, and one blank student card that ...
KidsEcon Posters: Financial Literacy Poster Set (5 different posters)
These poster's are just what a teacher needs to help students become better savers and investors. The five large colorful posters illustrate fundamental principles of sound money management. This set includes: Basic P...
KidsEcon Posters: Interest Can Work For You or Against You Posters (set of 2)
This colorful 18" x 24" two-poster set shows students how interest—with regular saving and investing—can help them earn a sizable amount of money for retirement. The posters also show how excessive, hig...
Original KidsEcon Posters (22 different posters)
The KidsEcon Poster set has 22 colorful, professional quality posters that are 12.5 X 18 inches. The set includes: Goods and Services, Economic Wants, Productive Resources, Natural Resources, Human Resources, Capital...
Personal Finance Posters (11 posters)
The Personal Finance Posters are just what is needed to teach critical personal finance skills to our young people-or anyone! Each colorful, professional-quality poster is 12.5 x 18 inches and will liven up any classr...
Pint-Size Economics (24 different lessons)
Pint-Size Economics is the perfect curriculum for teaching your elementary students about basic economics, saving and investing, and being a wise consumer. Many of these concepts are now addressed in most state Stand...
"Snakes of Indiana" provides the reader with a 50-page guide to the snakes found in the Hoosier state. The four-color photos help the reader identify all 32 species. The book contains information about habitats, size,...
The Great Clearcut Controversy
Supplementary Material for FNR-549-W -- 23 MB zip file - NOTE: file will download immediately
In this inquiry-based teaching unit, st...
The Nature of Teaching Unit 1: Animal Diversity and Tracking
This Unit includes five lesson plans: Animal Tracks, Scent Stations, Indoor Track Casting, Outdoor Track Casting and Animal Tracking. On the Nature of Teaching website teachers can find free lesson plans, printables, pos...
The Nature of Teaching, Unit 2: Mammal Food Webs
Mammal Food Webs is one unit in a series available from The Nature of Teaching Web site http://www.ag.purdue.edu/extension/nature/—the place to g...
The Nature of Teaching, Unit 3: Reptiles, Amphibians, and the Scientific Method
This 22-page PDF is a teaching unit in the Nature of Teaching series that includes three lessons. After finishing these lessons, students will be able to:
1) identify the differences and similarities between amphibian...
The Nature of Teaching: Coloration Exploration
This 22-page PDF is a unit in the Nature of Teaching series. A lesson and classroom activities for teachers of students through grade five help students understand how animals change colors to survive in their environmen...
The Nature of Teaching: Common Indiana Mammals
Mammals play an integral role in many habitats. Knowing more about these intriguing animals can help us enjoy and appreciate the diversity of wildlife around us.
These natural history cards (72 pages) can be used to i...
The Nature of Teaching: Discovering the Watershed
This 23-page PDF is a unit in the Nature of Teaching series. A lesson and classroom activities for teachers and students through grade five introduce students to watersheds and why they are important to a healthy ecosyst...
The Nature of Teaching: Eco-llapse Lesson Plan
This 15-page PDF is a teaching lesson plan in the Nature of Teaching series. After finishing the lessons, students will be able to:
1) understand the different proportions of producers, primary consumers, and secondar...
The Nature of Teaching: Food Waste and the Environment
This unit of three lessons highlights the effects of food waste on water quality, climate change, and wildlife. In addition to a lesson overview and rundown of teacher materials, the unit includes three lessons: ''Foo...
The Nature of Teaching: Food Waste Solutions
This unit of two lessons teaches students reasons and solutions for food waste at school and home. In addition to a lesson overview and rundown of teacher materials, the unit includes two lessons: ''Food Waste Solutio...
The Nature of Teaching: Tooth Sleuth poster
A Tooth Sleuth knows you can tell what an animal eats just by looking at its teeth. Some teeth tear, some grind, and some crush food. This printable full-color PDF, 20 x 28-inch poster describes different kinds of animal...
The Nature of Teaching: Unit 4, Mammals and Ecosystems
This 6-page PDF is a teaching Unit 4 in the Nature of Teaching series. The 10 days worth of activities are aimed at grades kindergarten through five. After finishing the lessons, students will be able to: 1) define "mamm...
The Nature of Teaching: Unit 5, Ashes to Ashes: We All Grow Up
This 23-page PDF is teaching Unit 5 in the Nature of Teaching series. Two lessons and classroom activities for teachers of students kindergarten through grade five describe how an ecosystem is constantly changing and wha...
The Scientific Process of Conservation Biology: Analyze, Design, Debate
Conservation biology is considered by some to be a "crisis discipline." Decisions within the field must often be made quickly, sometimes without enough time to gather all of the data one would ideally have, and they c...
