7.3 Personal Product Choices
This middle school lesson (MS.NR.7.3, “Personal Product Choices”) from the Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum teaches students how everyday personal product choices—relating to food, paper products, packaging, transportation, and energy efficiency—affect the environment. Through an interest approach, guided discussion with an activity sheet, and a “Karaoke e-Moment” review activity, students identify choices that have positive or negative environmental impacts and practice ethical decision-making.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the students will… Identify best practices to be utilized in Natural Resources Stewardship.
- As a result of this lesson the students will… Identify personal product choices and the environmental impact.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Transparencies and projector
- MS.NR.7.3.AS.A – one per student
- MS.NR.7.3.TM.A – one per teacher
- MS.NR.7.3.TM.B – one per teacher
- Writing utensils for writing surface
- MS.NR.7.3.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Precepts
- N. Decision Making; N3. Make ethical decisions
- Key Terms
- Personal product choices
- Lesson Number
- MS.NR.7.3
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.03.02.01.c.Make decisions for a given situation by applying the decision-making process.
- CS.03.02.03.b.Practice ethical behaviors.
- ESS.04.02.06.c.Survey and evaluate local recycling programs and procedures.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
- NSS-C.5-8.5Roles of the Citizen