GEM Fair 2009, in video
Here’s a video on the SVEE-sponsored GEM Fair, a simulated international marketplace for young learners:
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Can you answer these questions…
- Why does a $2.60 gallon of crude oil cost $3.20 at the pump?
- Why do grocery stores only make 2% or less of your total grocery bill?
- What are human, capital and natural resources?
- What are scarcity and opportunity cost?
Fortunately, because of Shenandoah Valley Economic Education, Inc. (SVEE) students can answer these and many other questions about money and business. This has an impact on your future… (more…)
Mcgaheysville Teachers Win Local Economic Education Award
Therese Warner and Heather Gigliotti of McGaheysville Elementary School have won the top prize in the local economic education awards competition sponsored by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and the Harrisonburg Rotary Club. (more…)
2006 Winners: Baking for Books
2006 award winners from Shenandoah Valley Economic Education local public schools! Congratulations!
A team of educators from Stone Spring Elementary School in Harrisonburg took the first place honors in 2006 economic education awards competition with their project “Baking for Books.” The awards program is sponsored by the Virginia Council on Economic Education. (more…)