Lemonade Stand Economics

5th Grade Social StudiesEconomics3 pages

About this worksheet

A lemonade stand on a hot Saturday afternoon is the setting for this 3-page 5th grade economics sheet. Students read the scenario, then name the producer, the consumers, and the goods needed to run the stand. The second part defines supply and demand and lists four events, such as a heatwave and a frost that destroys lemon crops. Students label each one as supply or demand and decide if prices go up or down. It links to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.3.3-5. The answer page covers the three questions and every row of the table.

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Curriculum objectives covered

D2.Eco.3.3-5

โ€œIdentify examples of the variety of resources (human capital, physical capital, and natural resources) that are used to produce goods and services.โ€

Question 3, where students list the lemons, sugar, water, and paper cups the stand uses, and the hour spent squeezing lemons in the story.

What's inside this worksheet

Your Lemonade Business

Students read about buying lemons, sugar, water, and paper cups, then spending an hour squeezing lemons. Three questions ask who the producer is, who the consumers are, and which goods the business needs.

Supply and Demand Shifts

Four events sit in a table: a 100-degree heatwave, a frost that destroys lemon crops, three new stands on the same street, and a sudden thunderstorm. For each, students write Supply or Demand and whether prices go Up or Down.

How teachers use it

Economics launch

Use this on the first day of an economics unit. The scenario is familiar, so students can put their effort into the words producer and consumer.

Go over the table

Talk through the table before you hand out the answer page. The key gives the heatwave Demand and Up, the frost Supply and Up, the new stands Supply and Down, and the storm Demand and Down. The frost row needs the most explaining.

Grading tip

Accept any three of lemons, sugar, water, and paper cups on question 3. The story names four goods, and the key lists all four.

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