Give guidance and feedback to students' plans, encouraging, refining, and helping them to be responsible for their own learning. Maintain high expectations for completion of chosen options. Summarize by reviewing the whole, bringing students "full circle" to the experience with which the learning began.
Pairs of students research a consumer product for best buys.
Objective: Students apply critical consumer attributes in researching a possible purchase.
Activity: In pairs, students select a consumer item of interest and use available resources (Consumer Reports Magazine, newspapers, local business, etc.) to determine the best buy.
