Standards
The Young Consumers Program meets the following New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards:
{HE 3-4.2.1.C.1} Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy eating patterns.
{HE.3-4.2.1.C.2} Classify foods by food group, food source, nutritional content, and nutritional value.
{HE.3-4.2.1.C.3} Interpret food and product labels.
{LA.4.3.2.D.1} Write for different purposes (e.g., to express ideas, to inform, to entertain, to respond to literature, to question, to share) and a variety of audiences (e.g., self, peers, community).
{LA.4.3.3.D.1} Speak for a variety of audiences and purposes.
{LA.4.3.4.A.2} Listen attentively and critically to a variety of speakers.
{LA.4.3.5.A.1} Interpret information found in pictorial graphs, map keys, and icons on a computer screen.
{LA.4.3.5.A.3} Use graphs, charts, and diagrams to report data.
{MA.4.4.1.A.1.a} Use real-life experiences, physical materials, and technology to construct meanings for numbers (unless otherwise noted, all indicators for grade 4 pertain to these sets of numbers as well).
{MA.4.4.1.A.1.b} Use real-life experiences, physical materials, and technology to construct meanings for numbers (unless otherwise noted, all indicators for grade 4 pertain to these sets of numbers as well).
{MA.4.4.1.A.1.c} Use real-life experiences, physical materials, and technology to construct meanings for numbers (unless otherwise noted, all indicators for grade 4 pertain to these sets of numbers as well).
{MA.4.4.1.B.6.a} Count and perform simple computations with money.
{MA.4.4.1.C.2} Construct and use a variety of estimation strategies (e.g., rounding and mental math) for estimating both quantities and the results of computations.
MA.4.4.1.C.3} Recognize when an estimate is appropriate, and understand the usefulness of an estimate as distinct from an exact answer.
{MA.4.4.2.D.2.d} Select and use appropriate standard units of measure and measurement tools to solve real-life problems
{MA.4.4.2.D.2.e} Select and use appropriate standard units of measure and measurement tools to solve real-life problems
{MA.4.4.5.A.1} Learn mathematics through problem solving, inquiry, and discovery.
{MA.4.4.5.F.1} Use technology to gather, analyze, and communicate mathematical information.