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Eco-Economics Series: To Ban or not to Ban-Gas Powered Cars

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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Recognize that government policies have costs and benefits.
  • Evaluate the benefits and costs of energy policies from varying perspectives.
  • Formulate an argument, using the economic way of thinking.
  • Identify ways a policy might be changed to eliminate or reduce consequences for various groups.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Consumers, Incentives, Producers, Scarcity

Description

This interactive session will 1) Introduce participants to energy policy, investigating the costs and benefits of potential decisions. 2) Engage participants as learners as they consider the impacts of choices on different groups and 3) Give teachers the background to discuss energy concerns, an ever growing topic of importance, in a engaging way.
Subjects:
Economics

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