To Market To Market
This lesson will help students become good consumers and producers by taking turns buying and selling things in a classroom-created market. Student...
Grade: K-2 3-5    Published: 05/08/2003

Fill 'er up, Please
Americans drive more than 2.6 trillion miles per year, that's 14,000 round trips to the sun! And for the most part, these vehicles are all running ...
Grade: 6-8    Published: 04/23/2003

Fad or Fortune
This lesson focuses on collectibles and how they retain, lose, or gain value. In each round of a trading simulation, students will learn more about th...
Grade: 6-8    Published: 10/25/2005

Lemon Squeeze - The Lemonade Stand
Everyone has at one time or another opened a lemonade or Kool-Aid Stand. What a great place to begin an economics lesson. Students can taste test t...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 08/26/2002

Economic Spotter: Supply and Demand at the Gold Rush
During the Gold Rush, people paid exorbitant prices for ordinary objects. Why? Because of the laws of supply and demand, that's why! In the lesson,...
Grade: 3-5 6-8    Published: 07/23/2002