Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?

Updated: August 3 2015,

Author: Conor Irons

Standards

Grades K-2, 3-5

Teach both Women's History and foundational concepts via the lives of diverse, inspirational figures.

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurs, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity

Lesson

Grades 9-12

In Lesson #5 of the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students role-play to understand both the power and limits...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Marginal Analysis, Scarcity

60 min

Lesson

Grades K-2, 3-5

Updated! In this elementary economics lesson, students will categorize and prioritize their wants to learn about scarcity and choice. Scarcity...

Key Concepts: Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Opportunity Cost, Scarcity…

Lesson

Grades K-2, 3-5

The students will explore the ideas of scarcity and choices by exploring a virtual model of the Mayflower. They will...

Key Concepts: Choice, Scarcity

Lesson

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