Free activityFree
Personal finance
Can a budget finish positive and still run short? Compare three cash-flow scenarios with a printable worksheet and explained answers.
- Format
- Printable activity + teacher guide
- Time
- 25–35 minutes
- Audience
- High school / adult introductory; addition and subtraction
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Game theory
Predict opponent behavior, compare individual and joint outcomes, and test strategic incentives across eight arenas.
- Format
- Interactive lab + printable teaching guide
- Time
- 45–60 minutes
- Audience
- 14 and up; tables and basic arithmetic
Try the lab →Free activityFree
Supply & demand
Distinguish demand from quantity demanded, predict a curve shift, and calculate consumer, producer and total surplus.
- Format
- Guided sequence + printable worksheet + explained answers
- Time
- 75 minutes
- Audience
- 14 and up; Read a graph, multiply and divide; no prior economics course needed.
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Applied economics
Explain a possible cost transmission channel without treating a freight-rate change as a retail-price forecast.
- Format
- Guided sequence + printable worksheet + explained answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- 13 and up; Percentages and the idea of a supply curve.
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Applied economics
Explain why slowing positive inflation does not reverse earlier price increases.
- Format
- Guided sequence + printable worksheet + explained answers
- Time
- 30 minutes
- Audience
- 12 and up; Multiply by a percentage; a calculator is welcome.
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Applied economics
Distinguish revenue, profit, margin and markup, then test whether a price covers the entered costs.
- Format
- Guided sequence + printable worksheet + explained answers
- Time
- 45 minutes
- Audience
- 14 and up; Percentages and basic multiplication.
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Applied economics
Separate a household housing budget from a lender’s qualification amount.
- Format
- Guided sequence + printable worksheet + explained answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- 16 and up; Monthly budgeting and subtraction.
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Applied economics
Compare consistent pay estimates and job-related costs while recognizing benefits that are not spendable cash.
- Format
- Guided sequence + printable worksheet + explained answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- 15 and up; Monthly budgeting and multiplication.
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Inflation & purchasing power
Distinguish nominal income from purchasing power and calculate a fixed basket price index.
- Format
- Interactive lab + printable worksheet + answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- 13 and up; introductory economics
Try the lab →Free activityFree
Taxes & government spending
Calculate a budget balance and explain who bears the tradeoffs when taxes or spending change.
- Format
- Interactive lab + printable worksheet + answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- 13 and up; introductory economics
Try the lab →Free activityFree
Interest, saving & borrowing
Compare simple and compound interest and explain how the same growth can help a saver or increase an unpaid debt.
- Format
- Interactive lab + printable worksheet + answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- 13 and up; introductory economics
Try the lab →Free activityFree
Jobs, wages & productivity
Separate output per worker, total output, wages, and revenue available to cover other costs.
- Format
- Interactive lab + printable worksheet + answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- 13 and up; introductory economics
Try the lab →Free activityFree
Business costs & break-even
Calculate revenue, costs, contribution margin, and the sales needed to avoid a loss.
- Format
- Interactive lab + printable worksheet + answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- 13 and up; introductory economics
Try the lab →Free activityFree
Trade & opportunity cost
Calculate opportunity costs and identify which producer gives up less to make each good.
- Format
- Starter + teacher answers
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Audience
- 13 to 18
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Public goods & free riding
Calculate a shared project’s total net benefit and compare how equal contributions affect each household.
- Format
- Starter + teacher answers
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Audience
- 13 to 18
Open the activity →Free activityFree
External costs & policy
Include pollution damage in social costs and identify which batches add positive net benefits.
- Format
- Starter + teacher answers
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Audience
- 13 to 18
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Inflation
Calculate a fixed basket, distinguish price levels from inflation rates, and explain the result.
- Format
- Lesson + worksheet + answers
- Time
- 35 minutes
- Audience
- High school / introductory college
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Supply & demand
Move curves, explore terminology, and see how equilibrium, surplus, and taxes change.
- Format
- Interactive lab
- Time
- Self paced
- Audience
- Introductory economics
Try the lab →Free activityFree
Personal finance & business
Ten guided activities using fictional budgets, businesses, jobs, borrowing, and saving scenarios.
- Format
- Printable activity collection
- Time
- 40 to 60 minutes each
- Audience
- Grades 7 to 12; varies by activity
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Current events
Connect published economic analysis to student questions, vocabulary, and teacher answers.
- Format
- Article worksheets
- Time
- Varies by article
- Audience
- Guided secondary learning
Open the activity →Free activityFree
Economics foundations
A six lesson sequence with written activities, a suggested pace, and a final project.
- Format
- Course sequence
- Time
- Six lessons
- Audience
- Guided homeschool / classroom
Open the course →
Paid pack$19
Supply & demand
One teacher · up to 30 learnersSeparate a shift of demand from a change in quantity demanded, trace a supply disruption, and explain who bears a tax in a simplified market.
- Format
- 16 page PDF + answers
- Time
- Three 45 minute lessons
- Audience
- 13 to 18; one cohort up to 30
- Preparation for first session
- 10 minutes: open the free graph lab or prepare paper axes.
- Prerequisites
- Read graph axes and solve simple linear equations; adult guidance can support the algebra.
View pack and sample →
Paid pack$19
Trade, public goods & pollution
One teacher · up to 30 learnersDistinguish productivity from opportunity cost, total gains from distribution, and private cost from social cost.
- Format
- 18 page PDF + answers
- Time
- Three 45 minute lessons
- Audience
- 13 to 18; one cohort up to 30
- Preparation for first session
- 10 minutes: paper and a calculator.
- Prerequisites
- Understand costs, benefits and basic market tradeoffs.
View pack and sample →
Paid pack$19
Household curriculum
One householdFive household units on grocery choices, inflation, work, trade, and growth.
- Format
- 127 page PDF
- Time
- Five units
- Audience
- 11 to 16; one household
- Preparation for first session
- 5–10 minutes: paper, pencil and two fictional product labels.
- Prerequisites
- Multiply whole numbers and compare unit prices.
View pack and sample →
Paid pack$49
Group curriculum
One cohort · up to 10A facilitator guide and five printable units for an adult led group.
- Format
- 128 page PDF
- Time
- Ten suggested sessions
- Audience
- 11 to 16; one cohort up to 10
- Preparation for first session
- 5–10 minutes: paper, pencil and two fictional product labels.
- Prerequisites
- Multiply whole numbers and compare unit prices.
View pack and sample →