Supply and Demand
Prompt
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Lesson Plan
This is a lesson plan for 10th-grade students in a microeconomics class. The lesson plan will include objectives, materials, procedure, and assessment for a lab activity using the p5.js sketch.
- Course: Microeconomics
- Grade Level: 10th Grade
- Duration: 45 minutes
Objectives
- Students will understand the concept of the demand curve.
- Students will learn how changes in price affect the quantity demanded.
- Students will interact with a p5.js sketch to observe these economic principles visually.
Materials
- Computers with internet access and a web browser.
- Projector to demonstrate the p5.js lab.
- Copies of the demand curve lab worksheet.
Introduction (5 minutes)
- Begin the lesson with a brief review of supply and demand.
- Introduce the demand curve as a visual representation of the relationship between price and quantity demanded.
Instruction (10 minutes)
- Explain how the demand curve is typically downward sloping.
- Describe how to read the demand curve.
- Demonstrate the interactive p5.js lab on the projector.
Activity Procedure (20 minutes)
- Students will access the p5.js sketch on their computers.
- They will manipulate the price slider and observe changes in quantity demanded.
- Students will complete the lab worksheet with questions related to their observations.
Discussion (5 minutes)
- Regroup and discuss the findings as a class.
- Highlight the key economic principles demonstrated by the lab.
Assessment (5 minutes)
- Review the lab worksheet answers as a class.
- Provide feedback on their understanding and clear up any misconceptions.
Extensions
- Students can explore how factors other than price affect the demand curve.
- For homework, students could be asked to draw their own demand curves based on different scenarios.
Closure
- Summarize the day's lesson and discuss how the demand curve relates to real-world economics.
Sample Code
The code has several parts:
- Global Variables - allocate memory and set default layout values
- setup() - runs only once
- draw() - continually runs as users change the slider
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