Grades 2-up
The price of gas is up to $3 a gallon or more. Will that cause prices for other things to increase too?
Before reading, ask students if they have heard anything at home or in the news about the price of gasoline. Let them share what they have heard. Ask: Do you know what is causing the price of gasoline to rise? You might share that one of the reasons the price of gasoline is rising is because the price of crude oil is rising. Ask: What products do you use that are made from crude oil or require crude oil during their manufacturing processes? Make a list of the students' responses.
After reading this week's news story and doing the follow-up activities, students should be much better informed and more able to respond to the questions above.
Write on a board or chart paper these words from this week's news story:
expensive, crude oil, average, consumers, fuel, shrinking, rising
Introduce the words and ask students to define them. Then ask them to use one of the words to complete each of these statements:
Click for a printable version of this week's news story Gas Prices Keep Rising.
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You might share these additional facts with students after they have read this week's news story.
Recalling Detail
Think About the News
Discuss the Think About the News question that appears on the students' news page.
Science. Students might be surprised to learn how many products require oil as part of their manufacturing processes. Share with your students this illustration. Each colored item in the illustration (the curtains, the radio, the girl's sneakers, the bandage, the candle) links to an explanation of how crude oil plays a role in that item's manufacture. Students can use the information they learn from this activity to expand the list of things you began creating in the Anticipation Guide activity at the start of the lesson.
Math. Choose gas stations in your area and track the price of a gallon of gasoline in the weeks ahead. Does the price increase? Decrease? Figure the average price each day. (If you teach young students, you might round off the prices instead of using tenths-of-a-penny prices that are usually charged for gasoline.)
More math. Create a class graph to illustrate how far the adults in your students' lives drive to work each day. Once you have collected data, ask students to group it in categories such as 0-5 Miles, From 5 to 10 Miles, From 11 to 15 Miles You might even figure the average commute for the adults in your students' lives.
The Internet. Many people are using the Internet to help them find the lowest-priced gas in their areas. If you have access to the Internet, share with students the sites called GasPriceWatch.com, GasBuddy.com, and Automotive.com. Ask students to examine the sites and report how they differ from one another. For example, GasPriceWatch.com uses spotters to create its database; consumers can type in their ZIP codes to locate the lowest price at the pumps in their areas. GasBuddycom uses spotters and gets prices direct from gas stations too; it uses colorful maps to guide consumers to low prices. Automotive.com, which is sponsored by automobile companies, provides information in a state-by-state list format.
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LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.1 Reading for Perspective
NL-ENG.K-12.2 Reading for Understanding
NL-ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge
NL-ENG.K-12.7 Evaluating Data
NL-ENG.K-12.8 Developing Research Skills
NL-ENG.K-12.11 Participating in Society
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
MATHEMATICS: Number and Operations
GRADES Pre-K - 2
NM-NUM.PK-2.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-NUM.PK-2.2 Understand Meanings of Operations and How They Relate to One Another
NM-NUM.PK-2.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-NUM.3-5.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-NUM.3-5.2 Understand Meanings of Operations and How They Relate to One Another
NM-NUM.3-5.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-NUM.6-8.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-NUM.6-8.2 Understand Meanings of Operations and How They Relate to One Another
NM-NUM.6-8.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-NUM.9-12.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-NUM.9-12.2 Understand Meanings of Operations and How They Relate to One Another
NM-NUM.9-12.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
MATHEMATICS: Data Analysis and Probability
GRADES Pre-K - 2
NM-DATA.PK-2.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-DATA.3-5.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-DATA.6-8.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-DATA.9-12.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed
With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer
MATHEMATICS: Representation
GRADES Pre-K - 12
NM-REP.PK-12.1 Create and Use Representations to Organize, Record, and Communicate Mathematical Ideas
NM-REP.PK-12.3 Use Representations to Model and
Interpret Physical, Social, and Mathematical Phenomena
SCIENCE
GRADES K - 4
NS.K-4.2 Physical Science
NS.K-4.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.K-4.5 Science and Technology
NS.K-4.6 Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
GRADES 5 - 8
NS.5-8.2 Physical Science
NS.5-8.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.5-8.5 Science and Technology
NS.5-8.6 Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
GRADES 9 - 12
NS.9-12.2 Physical Science
NS.9-12.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.9-12.5 Science and Technology
NS.9-12.6 Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Economics
GRADES K - 4
NSS-EC.K-4.1 Productive Resources
NSS-EC.K-4.7 Markets and Market Prices
NSS-EC.K-4.8 Supply and Demand
NSS-EC.K-4.9 Competition in the Marketplace
NSS-EC.K-4.11 Money
NSS-EC.K-4.18 National Productivity
GRADES 5 - 8
NSS-EC.5-8.1 Productive Resources
NSS-EC.5-8.7 Markets and Market Prices
NSS-EC.5-8.8 Supply and Demand
NSS-EC.5-8.9 Competition in the marketplace
NSS-EC.5-8.11 Money
NSS-EC.5-8.18 National Productivity
GRADES 9 - 12
NSS-EC.9-12.1 Productive Resources
NSS-EC.9-12.7 Markets and Market Prices
NSS-EC.9-12.8 Supply and Demand
NSS-EC.9-12.9 Competition in the Marketplace
NSS-EC.9-12.11 Money
NSS-EC.9-12.18 National Productivity
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Geography
GRADES K - 12
NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms
NSS-G.K-12.2 Places and Regions
NSS-G.K-12.4 Human Systems
NSS-G.K-12.5 Environment and Society
TECHNOLOGY
GRADES K - 12
NT.K-12.1 Basic Operations and Concepts
NT.K-12.3 Technology Productivity Tools
NT.K-12.4 Technology Communications Tools
NT.K-12.5 Technology Research Tools
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05/03/2006