Period 6: What is Economics? Day 6

I talked today about booking flights to Europe because of a company mixing up my ticket order for the Men's Basketball Gold Medal game at the London Olympics. It worked out. Eventually, I had these seats with my brother for that game (this picture was taken from our row) and I had a lot of free credit for flights. Good times. Satisfied consumer/customer. :-)

Hi everyone,

Hopefully today was a nice and easy day of review. Read on for some links that might help you study for the Chapter 1 test, on Friday.

Soundtrack: “The Hardest Part” by Coldplay. Chosen for today because the hardest part of the chapter 1 test should be reviewing - the test itself should be a breeze. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 2/20/13:

Warm Up

Finish Chapter 1 Review

Study for Chapter 1 Test

Homework: Finish Chapter 1 review packet. Read the blog. Bring 3 x 5 card of notes for test if you completed the Learning Targets HW on time. Study up!

Warm Up: Today's warm up question (#5 in your notebook) was: Why are seat belts required in cars, but not in school buses?

Plenty of great responses and discussion here. This is the somewhat lengthy reasoning I found for the answer: ThinkGeek.com - Why are There No Seatbelts on School Buses?

I think it is crazy that you have to sit three to a row on the bus to come to school! The times are a changing, I guess. The high schools in Portland Public don't even use buses at all.

Finish Chapter 1 Review: As it sounds, I had the class continue to work on the Chapter 1 review packet, which will be due next class. We will go over it together next class, before the test (I will give you plenty of time to do the test). In case you missed class or somehow forgot the review packet, here it is to download:

Google Drive: Chapter 1 Review Packet

There are some questions on the review packet that you do not have to answer - a couple of the crossword terms I couldn't even figure out, myself! Just try your best, please. This will help on the chapter 1 test, because it will be on the same exact terms.

Study for Chapter 1 Test: This was going to be a section of class for writing out note cards and studying, but much of the class did not finish the review. Just in case you would like to prepare at home, here is the Chapter 1 PowerPoint on the learning targets:

Google Drive: Chapter 1 Learning Targets PowerPoint

All good? Let me know if I can clear anything up or otherwise help you get ready for the test on Friday! It will be multiple choice/scantron, with two short answer questions. See you on Friday!