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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...
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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
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
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,...
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…
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Specialization using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle
In this economics lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that reinforces the concepts of specialists/entrepreneurs, workers, capital resources, and products.
Key Concepts: Factors of Production, Productive Resources, Productive Resources…
Grades 3-5
Teach Producers and Consumers using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle
This economics and personal finance lesson takes students through the process of producing a good to sell to a fictional...
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Human Capital using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle
In this economics and personal finance lesson, students will examine the human capital of Squirrel, Sloth, and Mr. Peacock and...
Grades K-2, 3-5
Valentine's Day Capital Resources Activity
Use an arts and crafts activity, like making Valentine's Day hearts, to teach students about human and capital resources.
Grades K-2, 3-5
Decision Making with "Sam and the Lucky Money"
Using the children's book, "Sam and the Lucky Money", students learn about Chinese New Year and practice decision-making skills using...
Content Partner
Grades 3-5
Shark Scam: Money Tales
Students read about two scheming sharks and decide were to invest their money.
Key Concepts: Goods and Services, Money, Money
Content Partner
Grades 3-5, 6-8
PBS-NOVA Financial Lab
Managing money is hard! Even when you know what you should do, it can be hard to actually do it....
Key Concepts: Budgeting/Money Managment
Grades K-2, 3-5
Curious George Economics
Use the lovable character Curious George to capture student attention while teaching about personal finance and economics.
Key Concepts: Factors of Production, Goods and Services, Productive Resources…
Grades K-2, 3-5
Using Children’s Literature to Teach About Economics and Enterprising Women
Teach both Women's History and foundational concepts via the lives of diverse, inspirational figures.
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, PPC, PPC 1
SIFMA Foundation
Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Stock Prices and the 2025 Super Bowl
*Updated for 2025* Harness the excitement of the Super Bowl with this lesson from the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education....
Key Concepts: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis
Grades K-2, 3-5
Buying a New T-Shirt - Costs and Benefits Drag'n'Drop
In this economics activity, you will learn about costs and benefits via drag and drop classification.
