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	Home > Portfolio > Content Development : Lesson Plans Lesson Plans C3 has developed lesson plans and activities for a variety of companies and organizations, including National Geographic, Kaleidoscope Marketing Group, PLATO Learning, Inc., and the National Council on Economic Education. C3's lesson plans are developed by a team of experienced classroom teachers using sound pedagogical techniques, and they are aligned to organizational, state, or national standards. Whether covering science, geography, language arts, or economics, tapping into the diverse subject-area and grade-level experience of our staff allows us to write lessons and activities with both the appropriate subject-matter expertise and solid cross-curricular connections. Select Lesson Plans Emerging Explorer Series C3 collaborated with the National Geographic Society to highlight the work of the 2004 class of Emerging Explorers. This 24 lesson series delves into such important topics as cultural perspective and ecology by studying the work of renowned "Emerging Explorers" photographer Jimmy Chin, geneticist Spencer Wells, marine biologist Tierney Thys, paleontologist Zeray Alemseged, herpetologist Tyrone Hayes, and plant biologist Mark Olson. Jimmy Chin Lesson Click to visit This K–2 lesson explores cultural perspectives and bias using hands-on and age-appropriate pedagogical techniques. Mark Olson Lesson Click to visit Students explore how preservation issues and competing interests can impact an ecosystem in this 6–8 lesson. Thierny Thys Lesson Click to visit This lesson provides 3–5 students an opportunity to explore the landscape and wildlife in our marine ecosystems The Story of the Weeping Camel Series C3 was hired by the National Geographic Society to develop a series of lessons to complement the release of the Oscar-nominated docu-drama The Story of the Weeping Camel. C3 reviewed the film and identified topical areas that align to national geography standards, focusing primarily on cultural rituals. Weeping Camel: Common Characteristics of Rituals Click to visit Weeping Camel: Common Characteristics of Rituals is the high-school version of the lesson series developed to complement the film The Story of the Weeping Camel. This lesson explores how culture, geography, and ritual affect the daily lives of people around the world. Economics Lessons C3 developed several series of lessons for the National Council on Economic Education with topics ranging from traditional Hawaiian economic systems to the modern Russian economy. Lesson development was preceded by a survey to identify gaps in the existing materials. Each lesson was accompanied by C3-developed interactive materials. Examples from several of the lesson series are included below. That's Not Fair! How Do We Share? Click to visit In this lesson, students describe scarcity as it relates to limited numbers of goods used in classroom activities, identify choices and the costs of choosing one item over another, and describe the difficulty in distributing goods or services to satisfy all wants. Marketplace: Oil Is a Slippery Business Click to visit In this lesson, students describe relationships between industries in terms of their economic impact on one another. They then describe the role and function of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), analyze data trends and relationships in oil production and oil pricing over time, and evaluate the relative success of OPEC in accomplishing its goals. Free Ride Click to visit In this lesson, students identify goods and services provided by the government. They then evaluate the cost of government-provided goods and services and how citizens pay for the goods and services that their government provides. Woof! Woof! At Your Service Click to visit In this lesson, students demonstrate that economic desires can be satisfied by providing goods and services, identify goods and services provided by one small business, and differentiate between goods and services.