[ April 22, 2008; ]
High School Student Enterprise Project: Students create a simulated business and develop a display or demonstration based on the free enterprise system. Demonstrations will receive monetary rewards. The competition will take place on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 9 a.m. Winners will be announced at our Annual Economics Expo Award Ceremony on Thursday, May 1, [...]
[ March 13, 2008; ]
Economics Quiz Bowl: Teams of students compete in an exciting academic team format to answer questions about personal finance and other real-world issues linked to the middle school curriculum standards. Contact the social studies office for more information. The Quiz Bowl will take place Thursday, March 13, 2008. Quiz Bowl finals will take place on [...]
[ April 16, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] FAU / East Florida Region
April 16, 2008
Election Economics
Palm Beach County Schools
[ February 6, 2008; 6:00 pm; February 13, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] FAU / East Florida Region
February 6, 2008
Economics in U.S. History (TAHG - Palm Beach)
FAU - Boca Raton
Dr. Bill Bosshardt
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[ January 15, 2008; 6:00 pm; January 22, 2008; 6:00 pm; January 29, 2008; 6:00 pm; February 5, 2008; 1:00 pm; February 12, 2008; 1:00 pm; February 19, 2008; 1:00 pm; February 26, 2008; 1:00 pm; March 4, 2008; 1:00 pm; March 11, 2008; 1:00 pm; March 18, 2008; 1:00 pm; March 25, 2008; 1:00 pm; April 1, 2008; 1:00 pm; April 8, 2008; 1:00 pm; April 15, 2008; 1:00 pm; April 22, 2008; 1:00 pm; ]
USF Stavros Campus / West Region
Attitudes, Skills and Competencies for the 21st Century: Connecting Education with Life After High School
Sponsored by the Pinellas Education Foundation
This course will identify the many outstanding opportunities that exist in the workplace for college and non-college bound students currently in our schools. Through the direct involvement of business leaders from [...]
[ January 15, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. January 22, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. January 29, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. February 5, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. February 12, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. February 19, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. February 26, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. March 4, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. March 11, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. March 18, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. March 25, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. April 1, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. April 8, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. April 15, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. April 22, 2008; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] USF Stavros Center / West Region
The Magic of Markets: Economics Lessons from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series
In this unique course, we will read and investigate the concepts of real-world economics as illustrated in each of the 7 novels in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Our classes promise to be magical! We’ll apparate into Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, and [...]
[ January 16, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. January 23, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. January 30, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. February 6, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. February 13, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. February 20, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. February 27, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. March 5, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. March 12, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. March 19, 2008; 1:00 pm to 8:45 pm. March 26, 2008; 1:00 pm to 8:45 pm. ] USF Stavros Center / West Region
Common Sense Economics: A Course for Educators
Sponsored by Citigroup and the USF Stavros Center
This course provides educators with an opportunity to examine the keys to wealth and prosperity, particularly the central role of individual initiative. This is not a course designed primarily for high school economics teachers, it is for [...]
[ February 1, 2008; ] FSU Stavros Center / Northwest Region
Friday, February 1, 2008 from 9 am to 4:30 pm
Our fourth annual “Creative Teaching Ideas for Your Basic Economics Course”
This extraordinary workshop will feature three of the nation’s most creative and successful instructors of college-level economics: Russell Sobel from West Virginia University, Dirk Mateer from Penn State University, and Michael [...]
[ January 30, 2008; 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] UNF / Northeast Florida Center
January 30, 2008
8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Grades 6-12
This day was added to cover in more detail topics that come up in AP Human Geography and AP World History. They include Gross Domestic Product, Third World Economies and Resources, Globalization: International Trade, Exchange Rates and Interdependence, Circular Flow Model, Business Cycle, Economic [...]
[ April 28, 2008; 10:30 am to 1:00 pm. ]
**FREE**
Hands-On Economics Education Showcase Presented by the Gus A. Stavros Institute
A program of Pinellas County Schools and the Pinellas Education Foundation
Thursday April 24, 2008
10:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Lunch Provided
Gus A. Stavros Institute
12100 Starkey Road
Florida
Largo, Florida 33773
AGENDA
Intro and Speakers (TBA)
Overview of Enterprise Village and Finance Park
Tour of Enterprise Village
Lunch (provided)
Tour of Finance Park
Q&A and Closing
For more [...]
