Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2015

Packaging Crayons: Assembly Line vs. No Division of Labor

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Help students understand the efficiency of an assembly line by having them package crayons! In this activity half of the class is part of ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

KID Bookmark Business

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Check out my post at We Are Teachers - Real World Learning: Kid Bookmark Business ! Click here for the recording sheet!
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Play Dough Economics

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Snakes and Donuts: This fun economics activity comes from  Raki's Rad Resources .   Students are given 1 minute to create as many snak...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Bubble Gum Exploration

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Cross-curricular learning with bubble gum: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MNYQ30GsdJD1oSyImNqL73bFqz-HYGfS/view?usp=sharing Math: Gra...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Lemonade WAR!

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Lemonade War Book Unit  Reading / Economics:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NgjwCHVZ6I0H82dx6z5KGufgA3_5JOS-/view?usp=sharing Celebrate...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Big Spender or Bill Saver?

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This economics project is by Emily Stout at We are Teachers (2nd grade lesson plan). Kids explore wants / needs as they balance money in ...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Pimp My Ride

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Economics, comparatives, superlatives: Kid industrial design project from Inspire your Learners ! Check it out here !
Friday, February 15, 2013

Sneakers

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Converse All Star : Sneaker Design (hit create) Ways to use it : Have kids name their shoe design and write why someone should buy thei...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Cookie Rocks and Mining

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2 activities, Science and Economics: 1. Cookie Rocks - This experiment is inspired by Kinderpond's "C is for Cookie."...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Dream Vacation PBL Project

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Project-based learning / cooperative groups of 4 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ncaWHZVTZPksE3TFNv865VtZucQkse0-/view?usp=sharing Te...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Scarcity Activity

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Fun, hands on lesson from Elevate Urban Youth. Students are divided up into four countries: Has A lot, Has Some, Needs A lot, and Needs Some...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Build an Aquarium

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Practice your money skills by creating an aquarium and purchasing accessories! First, kids design a unique salt water aquarium for pet fis...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Trading Game

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cinnamon - perfect brewing ,   cacao - raw cacao Kids trade lunches, pokemon cards, and beyblades. To help kids understand voluntary...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Sweet Shop Math

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Make a sweet shop in your classroom! First, give kids a certain amount of money to create a sundae, using the sheet below. Kids choose how m...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Restaurant Math

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Delightful Distractions has this awesome restaurant menu and ticket freebie that's perfect for a money unit! Divide kids into groups of...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Shop Til You Drop! Math

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Who doesn't love to shop? Make math fun with a pretend shopping spree! Kids win a pretend lottery. Then, they use their math sk...