Grade K-2, 3-5

Activity

The Perfect Pet

Updated: June 4 2012,

Author: barrel fan

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Standards Summary

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State Standards

Concepts

Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scarcity, Wants

Open Activity

The Perfect Pet teaches students how to deal with scarcity by having them choose what to buy for their new pet fish. There are some things they want and others that they need, but they can only spend $5.00.

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