Through videos, interactive activities, and readings, students explore the future of food production and sustainability of our current agricultural system.

By the end of this section, you will be able to interpret production possibilities frontier graphs, contrast a budget constraint and a production possibilities frontier, explain the relationship between a production possibilities...

Students trace the generation of the formed elements of blood from bone marrow stem cells, and then learn the role of hemopoietic growth factors in promoting the production of the formed elements.

Product improvement is the process of making meaningful product changes that result in new customers or increased benefits realized by existing customers. The two most popular ways to make product improvements are to add new product...

Provides a very thorough explanation of gross domestic product including charts and the calculation process.

This site provides a good analysis of the concepts of marginal product, marginal revenue product, marginal costs, and how a monopsonist determines wages and quantity of labor hired.

A comprehensive list of different types of assistive technology products, which each include a description. A very helpful resource for special educators needing more information on types of assistive technology.

By the end of this section, you will be able to explain how GDP can be used to compare the economic welfare of different nations, calculate the conversion of GDP to a common currency by using exchange rates, and calculate GDP per capita...

This site shows an good example of opportunity costs along with related production possibilities curves.

Web site in which author Steve Pavlina provides 5 steps for tripling personal productivity through time management. Articles in site are based on Pavlina's book Personal Development for Smart People.

The Product Game is a fun, interactive game that exercises your skill with factors and multiples.

Production scheduler Jessi Felde explains how she uses math in her work in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students watch the video and then complete an activity involving one aspects of math that Ms. Felde...

Provides a definition of productivity in economics, describes several models of production, and explains how productivity can be analyzed.

"Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)," provides information about GDP in Definition, Updates, Diagrams/Data, Exercises, Connections and Econlinks sections from South-Western College Publishing, 2000.

Although this article from the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History focuses mainly on the industries in Oklahoma that were impacted by the War Production Board, you can get a good sense of how American industry as a whole converted to...

This site gives an overview of economic factors of production (land, labor, capital). Gives detailed descriptions, and links to descriptions of words that might need clarification. Students can make connections as to how these relate to...

A micro and macroeconomics course for 21st century learners. 28 half-hour videos sessions with text and guides regarding markets, firms, supply and demand, perfect competition and inelastic demand, economic efficiency, monopolies,...

A comprehensive resource on invention, innovation, and creativity. Explores the field of product design, marketing, innovation strategies, collaboration of stakeholders, product life cycle, and Rogers' elements of innovation. Includes...

If you are a student or teacher looking for photography tips for beginners, then this is the site for you! Provides 53 quick hints to make your photos look more professional. Click on the download arrow for the PDF file.

Learn about the Gross Domestic Product(GDP),the sum total of the market price of all the final goods and services produced within a country's borders during a given period of time.In the U. S. it's measured in quarters of a year, then...

Archaeological excavation at Xochitecatl indicate that it was an area of production for obsidian goods. Site can be viewed in English and Spanish.

This site provides the background on the applications of the plastics industry. General in nature, but a good look at where plastic is in your life. Gives solid factual information.

A cross curricular project where students conduct a moot court to explore the role government policy plays in protecting our health. The focus of the unit is how our power effects our environmental health. Students use their knowledge of...

Read about the many products obtained from whales, how the whales were hunted, and how the business of whaling was run. This dangerous business brought riches to New England for about a century.