Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Elasticity Worksheets

Summary: More worksheets.

Do your students have trouble with elasticity? When I start to show them the algebra, they rapidly become tired. I wrote these worksheets to make learning elasticity easy with little need for hours of reading.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Sunday, June 27, 2010

A Mountain of Monopoly Problems

Summary: Pdf. Google documents.

These problems will guarantee that your students will get all of the content about monopoly that is tested upon on the AP. I included pure, price discriminating, and natural monopoly. I wrote the problems in such a way that all AP content as stated in the Acorn book is contained. I tried to explain all of the concepts before each problem for those school districts that are moving away from textbooks and to Internet sources. Any feedback would be welcome.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics. Check out his iPod app, Econexamcram, on the iTunes store.
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Logical Fallacies and Macroeconomics

Summary: A pdf Google Document.

If you teach how to analyze macroeconomics using logic, you might like this worksheet.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Production Possibilities Unit

Summary: A workbook to enhance your classroom.

Here's a series of problems I wrote to help you teach about production possibilities. It's a pdf saved in Google Documents.

If you use this, let me know what you think. I challenge you to complete problem 1.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Utility and Marginal Utility Worksheet

Summary: More work for your students.

An intensive worksheet on utility is saved as a pdf in Google Documents here.

I plan to add consumer equilibrium to this in the future.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Saturday, June 12, 2010

How To Use Excel to Graph Revenue and Total Cost

Summary: This video is for an EconEdLink lesson.




About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Friday, June 11, 2010

See The Invisible Hand Blog

Summary: Exceptional blogs about AP content by authors of Marginal Revolution.

The blog is here. You will find fresh ideas on how to teach stale concepts. This blog will revitalize your teaching.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Excel Project -- Cost Curves

Summary: A three day project that uses a computer to reinforce students knowledge of all cost curves.

The instructions to part I and part II are here and here. The answer keys are here and here.

This project pushed me. If you use it, please send comments.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Social Networking Site at St. Louis Fed

Summary: Want to connect?

If you want to connect with other professionals, you might want to look at EconEdNet at the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank. The link is here.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Sunday, June 6, 2010

How To Draw The Long Run Supply Curves

Summary: A slick video.



About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Friday, June 4, 2010

Long Run Supply Curves

Summary: Pdf Worksheet.

Have you wished for a teaching worksheet that explains the different shapes of the long run supply curve? Here it is.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Terms of Trade

Summary: pdf.

You might like this pdf on terms of trade. This is a teaching worksheet that instructs and applies the concept. If you don't have the time to explain terms of trade to your students, you will like this worksheet.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Terms of Trade

Summary: Worksheet to teach this difficult topic.

The Google document is here.

Do your students have difficulty knowing what mutually beneficial terms of trade are? This worksheet answers all of the questions.


About the Author: Mike Fladlien is an AP Economics teacher from Muscatine High School in Muscatine, IA. He is an EconEdLink.org author, and also publishes the Mikeroeconomics and iMacroeconomics VB blogs.