Three and a half day program length. Staff trained in economics and education. Lectures and discussions. Simulations to participate in and adapt to your own classroom and community. Interaction with colleagues.
Topics connect basic economic principles to current environmental issues.
How markets convey information and offer incentives or disincentives. Teachers participate in the simulation and then adapt it to their own communities. Things seen and not seen. In the five years the program has been offered, a majority of the participants have been high school economics, social studies, history and government teachers. A limited number of participants have been middle grades social studies teachers and directors of university centers for economic education.