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There is Something in the Water
The United States is losing 60,000 acres of wetlands each year. Is this good or bad? Does anyone really want to live in swamps, fens, bogs, and marshes? Or is it better economics to drain the wetlands for other purposes like agricultural development? In this lesson students will learn about this monumental issue facing the United States while viewing it from an economic perspective.
Q T Pi Fashions - Learning About Credit Card Use
Credit cards are convenient, user friendly, and at times dangerous. In this lesson students learn the joys and dangers of using credit as they help Credit, the main character in this activity, solve her credit problems.
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 the value of their collectibles and discuss why items gain or lose value. They will record and reflect on their strategies for each round
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Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Case Studies and Teaching Activities for Elementary School
This publication helps elementary students analyze energy and environment issues from an economics perspective.
4 out of 10 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
Financial Fitness for Life: Grades 6-8 - Teacher Guide
This publication contains 17 lessons that complement the 6-8 Student Workbook. Specific to grades 6-8 are a variety of activities, including developing criteria that students think would make a good graham cracker and taste-testing to determine which graham cracker meets their needs; deciding which activities are better suited to careers or hobbies; and learning how important planning is to the success of any goal or event.
4 out of 19 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Case Studies and Teaching Activities for High School
This publication helps students analyze energy and environment issues from an economics perspective.
3 out of 6 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.