Zooconomy
II: Zoo Business - Grades 6-8
$27.00
What are
the goals of a business? How are business decisions made? Students
learn about business firsthand as they become zoo managers
and make business decisions. They learn what the zoo's goals
are and how a rain forest exhibit would help the zoo achieve
these goals.
Students
study the rain forest, its make-up, its animals, and its fragile
balance. They seek to reproduce a rain forest in their zoo,
but to do so, they must examine the costs incurred by the zoo
and compare them with the revenues received. After examining
the budget, students conduct profit analyses on different concessions
they might produce in order to boost revenue. As a culminating
activity, students produce and play the Rain Forest Game.
Zooconomy II: Zoo Business contains
five lessons that develop analytical and critical
thinking skills through economics, with an integration
of science, math, and language arts.
The unit contains dice and game pieces for the Rain Forest Game.