Please see below for our “spotlight student sessions”! If you have a class interested, please register online, or email me for assistance. All sessions are available upon request (7:30 EST-4:30 EST) and are $75.00 per site connection.
Elementary Economics (available upon request) Students will investigate basic economic concepts through current events and popular culture (American Idol, Microsoft). Concepts explored include (opportunity cost, producers, consumers, advertising, specialization, and competition).
Grades 3-6
Simple Economics (available upon request) During this interactive lesson, students will explore beginning economic terms such as barter, currency, goods, services, wants and needs. The popular story: “If You Give A Mouse a Cookie” will be shared and integrated into various aspects of this lesson. Grades 1-2
Who Needs Me? ...symbiotic relationships (available upon request) (NEW) This session identifies the three major symbiotic relationships: mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. Each relationship is described and several pictures are included for understanding. Working in small groups, students will have the opportunity to check their comprehension of each relationship with an interactive game. Finally, students will have the opportunity to play, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" to assess their learning of the relationships. Topics discussed in this session include: predator, prey, host, symbiosis, commensalism, parasitism, and mutualism. Grades 4-6
Follow your Dreams! (Martin Luther King) (available upon request) (NEW) This special event takes an up close look at an American hero, Martin Luther King Jr. His background information will be explored along with the heroic actions he endeavored throughout his life. Students will learn the significance of Martin Luther King Day and discuss how this hero has impacted their lives Grades 3-5
Leslie Charles
Distance Learning Coordinator
Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center
205 North 7th Street
Zanesville, Ohio 43701
740.452.4518 ext 133
lcharles@mvesc.k12.oh.us
www.mvesc.k12.oh.us/tap/