This well-written article explains what competition in an ecosystem is and the different ways it can manifest itself. It also looks at how organisms avoid competition, some disadvantages and outcomes of competition, the impact of a...

A PDF that explains the need for competition in the marketplace and how the FTC protects it.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module students will study competition in the sense of organisms competing for the same space, food, or water for survival. Understand how interspecific...

E-learning site uses an example of "pushcarts on the beach" to demonstrate a monopolistically competitive market structure and how, as more firms enter the market, price, quantity, and deadweight loss are all affected.

Through notes and related videos, students gain a basic understanding of market structures and the characteristics of firms that display perfect competition.

This article gives you information on what laws are, and facts about the global economy. Specifically, it discusses whether or not quality circles are illegal, and how global competition relates to the New Deal. (Date of Article: Feb....

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ecology is the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with their environment. Organisms interact with each other through various mechanisms, one...

Interspecific competition in an ecosystem is explained, along with the different ways it can manifest itself. Includes examples in different types of biomes.

This Auburn University site is a very good explanation of competition, including hyperlinks to related topics such as monopoly and substitute goods.

Explore the world of competition in business through this informative lesson plan.

Understand how competition affects the populations in an ecosystem.

This lesson focuses on how plants and animals live together in a community or ecosystem by adapting, interdependence, and competition.

A wide variety of newspaper headlines are provided on the subject of economics and monopolistic competition. Each story comes with its own discussion questions.

Nikon has, for years, sponsored a competition to showcase the work of photographers who take pictures of microscopic subjects. View galleries of winning images for past competitions as you learn about the art and science of microscopy.

Practice what you have learned about the foundational ideas behind perfectly competitive markets, including the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market, profit-maximization, and graphs of perfectly competitive firms.

Read about the economic ideal of perfect competition.

Practice what you have learned about the difference between perfect competition and different forms of imperfect competition in this exercise.

This year, Childnet is introducing the brand new International Category, to enable young people who attend school outside of the UK to also enter. Whilst this will run alongside the UK competition, please note that the International...

See examples of how perfectly competitive firms decide how much to produce.

Why are perfectly competitive markets efficient?

Practice what you've learned about perfect competition in the short run and the long run, including the firm's shut down rule and entering and exiting an industry.

Practice what you have learned about productive efficiency and allocative efficiency in perfect competition in the short run and the long run.

Article by Emily Brunson about facing solo competitions after less successful attempts at competing.

A lesson that teaches about competition in the marketplace that uses student-gathered information about businesses where they live. Includes student activities and links to national standards in economics and personal finance.