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Lesson Plans - 8th Grade

FREE! Parent-Teen Homework: Personal Values Communication

This homework is designed for teens to have a conversation with a parent on personal values. The homework starts with an in class lesson on values. Full lesson directions are included.

FREE! “Is This Product Healthy?” Food Label Reading Lesson and PowerPoint:

Ever had a student ask, “Is this product “healthy?” This lesson helps students learn how to read food labels and gives the formulas to figure out if a food is healthy enough to be in school vending machine.

FREE!: A Fun Way to Learn How Cutting Calories Leads to Weight Loss Lesson

Students will analyze a teenage boy named Joe’s unhealthy eating. Students will help Joe drop 500 calories a day so he can lose a lb. a week. Your students will completely understand how by dropping 3500 calories you can lose 1 lb.

Core 4 All: Overiew of SACI

Did you know that over 40 states have adopted the Common Core State Standards? But what can you do right now to prepare yourself for the change that is about to happen? Have you read through the standards yet? If not, perhaps reading Core 4 All: Overvie

What?s for dinner?

Students work in groups to solve math problems created by the teacher based on paper menus gathered from a local restaurant.