Econ-o-mania Web quest for 2nd grade

Unit title: Economic concepts and resources within the community
My unit is about teaching students basic economic concepts and how these concepts affect their life as well as their community. Students will learn the difference between wants and needs, goods and services, producers and consumers. Students will also begin to understand different types of employment, income and sources of revenue. All of these are important concepts for students to learn to become responsible citizens in the future.

Students will be using the ibooks to complete the econ-o-mania web quest.

Working in cooperative groups students will need to use basic computer skills to make there way though the web quest. Students will complete task to better understand wants and needs, goods and services, production and consumption, and natural resources. After completing those basic tasks and gaining a better understanding of each topic they will have a final task to complete as a group.

Their final task will be to create a good or service with the materials they are given. Their group may develop any good or service using any or all of the materials they are given. Their final presentation can be a KidPix slide show or an art form of their choosing. As a group they will have to present their good or service to the rest of the class.

Listed below is the link for the web quest:

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/Seaman/webquest/index.html#home%

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Note: One of the links in the web quest was not working so students will use the following link instead:

http://www.coolmath-games.com/lemonade/