Cupcakes & Microeconomics

This lesson is sure to spark an entrepreneurial spirit in your students! Using a fictitious cupcake factory start up, students discover understanding of micro-economics, for example, why prices increase and decrease when starting a business. This lesson contains the video: Economics of a Cupcake Factory and Cupcake Economics.

Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.12E.3, SS.12E.4, SS.SSP.9-12.4.5, and more!

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