Que es una Economia?
Learn about supply and demand, wants and needs, and the flow of goods and services.
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31-45 min
Here Today, Back Here Tomorrow
OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students engage in a trading activity that allows them to chart the flow of a natural resource out of the environment, through the economy, and then back into the environment. They learn to explain the "life cycle" of natural resources used in an economy.
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Use these vocabulary cards in your classroom to make economics and personal finance fun!
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The Bridge Home
Introduce basic economic concepts like decision-making, opportunity cost, and employment.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Understanding Price Elasticity
Introduce elasticity to your students.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
Why Money?
Illustrate the difference between bartering and using money.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Production Profit and Loss
Calculate total revenue and profit or loss.
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Seas, Trees and Economies
Use active lessons about the environoment to teach economic concepts such as trade-offs and decision-making.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
The Mystery Trees of Island Breeze
Learn about natural resources and scarcity.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
Letter Perfect and Clean Enough
Learn about the types of natural resources that the environment provides.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Waste Not, Want a Lot
Learn how producers respond to various incentives.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Eggs-ternal Costs
Recognize that some actions people take have external costs and how property rights impact those costs.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
A Valuable Lesson
Learn that the value of a good or service is the maximum price they are willing and able to pay for it
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Cycling and Recycling Around the Classroom
Discover ways that businesses have reduced the impact of their production and products on the environment.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
1 HOUR+
Eco-Cents
Students discover ways that businesses have reduced the impact of their production and products on the environment.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
A Bad Deal for the Rain Forests
Define private goods, public goods, free rider, and incentive
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
The Lorax and What the Lore Lacks
Discuss the economic assumptions and lessons of the Lorax by Dr. Seuss.
