Collaboraton+5+PBL

1. I want the students to be able understand the effects that a shortage of resources has on the economy and jobs. I will tell them that last year around this time there was a pumpkin shortage in the United States. I want them to be able to figure out how the shortage of this natural resources affected the other two resources (human and capital). They need to discuss how jobs were affected and what affect this had on the general public. I want them to brainstorm possible solutions to a problem like this and/or what could be done to prevent this in the future.

[|Pumpkin shortage is over blog] [|Pumpkin Shortage article] [|Effects of Pumpkin Shortage on bakers] [|Another Pumpkin Shortage?] What to do if another pumpkin shortage looms. [|Halloween Pumpkin Shortage] [|Pumpkin Economy] Alternatives to buying pumpkins from the store

Idea 2. The students will use Kerpoof to create an original story using the alien world template. They need to showcase human resources (alien characters), natural resouces (vegetation cllipart), and capital resources (spaceships and transportation clipart) and tell a story on how these resources would be used on a alien planet.

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