Cross-Curricular Connections

“Ballpark Food” is about the expense of buying hot dogs and soda at the ballpark. As you probably know, besides being expensive at the ballpark, hot dogs and soda are not the healthiest foods. Click on the link below to learn about more nutritious snacks.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078774055/student_view0/chapter4/student_web_activities_-_lesson_3.html

In addition to being about the expense of buying food at the ballpark, the article also describes the tricks that are sometimes played on consumers, like showing commercials right after important replays. Click on the link below to learn more about advertising tricks and how you can think one step ahead.

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/