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Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach Productive Resources with Fannie Farmer - Kitchen Scientist and America's Cook

This elementary economics lesson is brought to you by the letter “F”! Get your students involved in a “Word Workout”...

Key Concepts: Basic Economic Concepts, Factors of Production

30 mins

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Grades 9-12

Stringing Together Supply and Demand: A Tactile Approach to Graphing

In this economics lesson, students use a yarn manipulative activity to accurately illustrate changes in supply and demand curves while...

45 mins

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Grades 9-12

Risky Spending and Teen Gambling

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about the risks of sports gambling.

Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Personal Finance, Risk Managment/Insurance

45 mins

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Grades 3-5

Watts Up With Electricity Prices?

In this elementary lesson, students focus on the economic concepts of price, goods, and services. Knowledge is applied by comparing...

Key Concepts: Circular Flow, Circular Flow

90 mins or 2 - 45 min sessions

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

Buying Electric Appliances - Watt You Need to Know

In this lesson, students learn about the importance of energy costs when considering household budgeting decisions. They also consider the...

Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

60 mins

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Grades 3-5

Incentivizing Energy Conservation at Our School

Students work together to identify the benefits and costs of conservation. Next, working in groups, students develop two different incentive...

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

So, You Want to Build a Nuclear Power Plant?

In this economics lesson, students take on the role of budget manager for a power company interested in building a...

60 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Future of Batteries

In this high school economics lesson, students take part in an interactive simulation that demonstrates how batteries operate, participate in...

50 mins

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Grades 3-5

From Power Plant to PlayStation™: Electricity’s Journey from Producer to Consumer

In this elementary economics and science lesson, students learn how productive resources are combined to create electricity.

Key Concepts: Factors of Production

45 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

The Costs and Benefits of Hosting the Olympics

In this economics lesson, students will determine the costs and benefits of hosting the Olympic games and create a poster...

45 mins

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Willy Wonka’s Whimsical Entrepreneurship

In this lesson, students discuss the characteristics of an entrepreneur and how those characteristics apply to Willy Wonka. In groups,...

45 mins

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Grades 3-5, 6-8

Willy Wonka Allocates Golden Tickets

In this lesson, students review scarcity and ways to allocate scarce resources (like golden tickets), taking the perspective of the...

Key Concepts: Allocation, Allocation, Allocation…

45 mins

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Grades 6-8, 9-12

How Does One Energy Policy - a Ban on Gas-powered Cars - Affect So Many People Differently?

In this economics lesson, students will use a jigsaw activity to analyze the effects of a single energy policy -...

Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis

90 mins

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Grades 9-12

Buying on Credit

This personal finance lesson discusses the costs of credit in a manner that helps students calculate those costs and integrate...

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Income Inequality in the U.S.: What Can Be Done?

In this lesson, students evaluate income inequality in the United States and play a short board game to understand the...

60 mins

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Grades 9-12

Global Income Inequality: What are the Causes and Consequences?

In this lesson, students recreate the relative income inequalities of real countries with a hands-on activity and work in jigsaw...

60 mins

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