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LO 2

Lemon Squeeze—The Lemonade Stand

Formative Assessment:

· Have you ever thought about setting up your own lemonade stand on a hot day?

· Did you hope it would make enough money so that you could have some pocket change or buy something special?

· Did you do any research on what lemonade brand people liked?

· How did you decide what would be a good price to charge?

Instructional Strategies or Activities:

You and the students will need to access the following website for this lesson: http://econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=369

Have students read “The Lemon Story”. It describes where lemons come from. The information in this story may help students with the Lemon Puzzler later on in this lesson.

Prepare three jugs of lemonade: One made from frozen concentrate, one made from powder, and one already prepared/ready to drink.

Label each jug A, B, or C. Present the three jugs to you students, but don’t tell them which type of lemonade is in each jug. Give each student three small paper cups, also labeled A, B, C. Give each student a small sample of each variety of lemonade for tasting—the A lemonade in the A cups, B in the B cups, etc. After the students have tasted all three varieties, ask them to rank each variety, individually, as Best, Good, or OK.

Tally up student responses for each type of lemonade on a chart on the board. Which type of lemonade was designated as Best? Discuss the differences: what made one better than the other? In the students’ rankings, is there a relationship between preferred taste and price? Which of the three varieties do you think would sell the best in your lemonade stand?

Go to the above website to print out the play and the activity that follows the play.

Summative Assessment:

Try out the Lemon Puzzler on this website.