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Supply & Demand Lab Slide the price and watch buyers, sellers, revenue, and equilibrium respond — predict a surplus or a shortage, then check the numbers.
Market Shift Lab A heat wave, a viral video, a new machine — predict which curve shifts and where the price lands. This is WHY prices change.
Compound Growth Watch interest earn its own interest — the quiet force behind saving and investing.
Comparative Advantage Specialize and trade to make everyone richer — the idea behind why countries and people trade at all. All activities
Run the markets
Surplus or shortage? Predict what a price does — then check the numbers on a live chart. Find the balance price Where do buyers and sellers agree — the equilibrium? Price for profit Which price earns a seller the most money? Which curve moves? Does the event touch buyers, or sellers? Where does it land? Predict the new price and quantity after a shift. Opportunity Cost Find the single best thing you passed up. Who Pays? (externalities) Some deals hit people who were never in them — find who pays, then see how a fee or reward makes it fair. Compound Growth Watch interest earn its own interest. Comparative Advantage Specialize and trade to make everyone richer. Medium of Exchange Route a barter chain, then discover why money helps.
Learn & practice
Concept kits 16 economics kits — money, business, trade, and investing — a hint whenever you get stuck. Mixed Practice A short round shuffling questions from the kits you have played — spaced so it sticks. MarketQuest Sprint Race your OWN best on what you already know. Timer optional, no penalty for a miss. Trick Questions Brain-teasers with a twist — spot why the obvious economics answer is a trap. Teach the Cast Teach an economics idea to a cast member still learning it — teaching makes it stick. Progress Your levels, streak, and how each skill is coming along — saved on this device. Progress report For grown-ups — a private on-device snapshot mapped to the skill areas. Export a CSV or print.
Play together
Concept Kits — economics, kit by kit
Kit 1: Introduction to Economics and Markets Foundations · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 2: Supply, Demand, and Price Foundations · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 3: Money, Banking, and Saving Money & investing · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 4: Entrepreneurship and Business Basics Business & entrepreneurship · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 5: Trade, Imports, and Exports Trade & government · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 6: Government, Taxes, and Public Goods Trade & government · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 7: Investing, Risk, and Financial Markets Money & investing · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 8: Master Economist Capstone Putting it together · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 9: Digital Marketing & Social Media Business & entrepreneurship · grades 6-8 · 25 questions Kit 10: Product Design & Innovation Business & entrepreneurship · grades 6-8 · 25 questions Kit 11: Leadership & Team Management Business & entrepreneurship · grades 6-8 · 25 questions Kit 12: Social Entrepreneurship & Ethics Business & entrepreneurship · grades 6-8 · 25 questions Kit 13: Cross-Topic Connections Putting it together · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 14: Real-World Applications Putting it together · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 15: Misconceptions & Reasoning Putting it together · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 16: Advanced Synthesis Putting it together · grades 7-8 · 25 questions
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Same idea, another world
Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Stock Supply — producer decisions, scarcity, what gets brought to market -
Crave Demand — consumer preferences, needs vs wants, price-sensitivity -
Even Price equilibrium — where supply meets demand, the conversation point -
Hand Market roles — producer + consumer + distributor, visible labor -
Tide Market events — shocks + policy + trade flows read as patterns -
Forgo Opportunity cost — every choice has a hidden price tag: the next-best thing you didn't pick; fox weighing two everyday choices -
Seed Saving + interest — set a little aside on purpose; patience grows a small store into a larger one; tortoise with a clay saving-jar -
Knack Specialization + trade — do the thing you do best, trade for the rest, and both sides end up with more; beaver brokering bread-for-baskets -
Coin Money as a medium of exchange — a trusted token that lets any trade happen without a perfect match; crow unsticking a barter jam -
Spur Incentives — people move toward rewards and away from costs; change the nudge, change the choice; horse aiming small fair nudges
Ensemble stories — the cast together