Spreadsheets across the Curriculum Module. Students use spreadsheets to analyze data on software piracy rates in various regions throughout the world
In this activity, learners investigate the speed of chemical reactions with light sticks. Learners discover that reactions can be sped up or slowed down due to temperature changes.
Based on a fable about government debt, students identify the relevance of crowding out, monetizing a debt, external debt, and stimulus spending.
This OLogy activity gives kids a chance to test their investigative skills while learning about daily life for the Incas. Inca Investigation begins with an introduction to archaeologist Craig Morris and the ancient Inca city that his team excavated in the Andes mountains. Detailed directions are given for how to play Inca Investigation, which includes tips to help them better examine evidence. Each time they correctly identify a place, they are awarded an Inca Chronicle. They have the option of reading the chronicles online or printing their collection of chronicles.
Spreadsheets Across Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to examine the price of gasoline, 1978-2005. QL: using ratios and proportions to make comparisons.
14.271 is a PhD-level course in industrial organization, introducing students to the basic building blocks of the field and exposing them to a variety of techniques. It is designed to start the process of preparing economics PhD students to conduct thesis research in the area. It is also intended to be of interest to doctoral students working in other areas of economics and related fields. The course integrates theoretical models and empirical studies.
Map of Asia color coded by infant mortality rate broken down by nation or subnational units (akin to US states or Canadian provinces). Shows the international differences, but also shows the (less substantial) differences within nations. The categories for the color coding have been changed slightly from the international standards to better fit the situation in Asia.
Map of Europe color coded by infant mortality rate broken down by nation or subnational units (akin to US states or Canadian provinces). Shows the international differences, but also shows the (less substantial) differences within nations. The categories for the color coding have been changed from the international standards to differentiate among the universally low infant mortality rates across Europe.
In this video segment adapted from NASA, astronomer Michelle Thaller introduces the world of infrared light and demonstrates how infrared cameras allow us to see more than what the naked eye can perceive.
Students will create and investigate testable questions about how basil changes based on growing conditions.
This activity provides a classroom impact evaluation exercise that serves as an introduction to the primary investigative tool of current Development economics.
In this teaching exercise students will extend the conventional economic framework for analyzing the causes and consequences of unemployment to incorporate insight from psychologists and sociologists. Thus, the exercise adopts the hierarchical approach to interdisciplinary learning. Students will explore theories from psychologists and sociologists that link joblessness to emotional well-being and discover how economists then connect the psychological status of a nation's workforce to their productivity. These linkages are then built into standard economic models for analyzing aggregate output and prices (i.e., aggregate supply aggregate demand) and for employment determination (i.e., marginal productivity theory of labor) to obtain a richer more complete understanding of the impact of a recession. The analysis reveals that recessions are expected to be deeper and of greater duration when an interdisciplinary analysis is conducted. Moreover, alternative (i.e., non-neoclassical) paradigms within the discipline of economics for explaining joblessness are briefly described and brought into the discussion. Finally, policy options for eliminating a recession are re-considered given the interdisciplinary framework offered in this exercise.
Data source updated on quarterly basis to assess Australia's national balance of good and services, credits, and debits.
Provides statistical information pertaining to homicides, rapes, robberies, and assaults committed by intimates.
An assignment that involves introductory psychology students in the analysis a data set on personality traits and their relationship to measures of happiness and well-being.
In this just-in-time activity, students submit responses before class to demonstrate their ability to use concepts from a textbook reading on money. In-class follow-up activities are recommended.
This classroom activity serves as an intuitive introduction to backward induction solutions in an upper level undergraduate game theory course.
This lesson plan guides educators in teaching about capitalism. Capitalism impacts people because the distribution of resources and wealth is uneven. Capitalis hold significant power over laborers and the working class and wield their power to threaten wages, working conditions, and basic necessities. Learning to identify and name capitalism, as well as its consequences and implications, is an important foundation for 21st century critical thinkers.
Second of two modules facilitating a basic understanding of computing in planning and public management. Students develop problem-solving skills using computer-based tools for “what-if” analyses. Emphasis on spatial analysis using geographic information systems and database query tools.
Students are are introduced to Excel and its capabilities by building some simple spreadsheets.