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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spraying Strawberries

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners decide how many times to spray a strawberry crop. They apply marginal analysis and discover the "law of diminishing returns."
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Production Possibilities Frontier and Social Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to interpret production possibilities frontier graphs, contrast a budget constraint and a production possibilities frontier, explain the relationship between a production possibilities...
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Other

The Energy Game: Finding Energy Resources [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This energy classroom game focuses on energy sources. Students learn that energy, the environment, and economics are closely tied. During the course of the game students discover the concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, net energy...
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Activity
University of Nebraska Omaha

Ecedweb: Explorations in Economic Supply, Part I

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines how supply relates to economic decision making. Using the example of purchasing blue jeans, students take the role of producer to determine how many blue jeans they would supply to the market. Includes links and discussion...
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Activity
University of Nebraska Omaha

Ecedweb: Explorations in Supply, Part Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
In this economics tutorial, you as a producer have to determine how much of a given product you should make.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Production Possibilities Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
The Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) is a graph that shows all the different combinations of output of two goods that can be produced using available resources and technology. The PPF captures the concepts of scarcity, choice, and...