Needs vs Wants
Vocabulary
Opportunity Cost
Park vs Board Game
Lemonade Stand
1

Something you must have to live

Need

1

A good result from a choice you make?

A Benefit 


1

if you choose pizza instead of a hamburger, the hamburger is the ______

Opportunity Cost

1

The park cost this much money. 

$0

1

Step 1 in the flow chart.

Picking lemons 

2

Something you would like to have but do not need?

Want

2

Things that people make or grow.

Goods 

2

If you go the park instead of watching TV, what did you give up?

Watching TV

2

One benefit of going to the park is you can do this...

Play outside or ride bikes
2

Step 2 in the flow chart

Making lemonade 

3

Food, water, and shelter are examples of what?

Needs

3

A person who buys and uses goods.

Consumer 

3

Choosing one thing means you must give up this. 

Another choice/opportunity cost 

3

The board game cost this much...

$10

3

Step 3 in the flow chart

Selling lemonade 

4

A new toy or video game is an example of what?

Want

4

things you give up when you make a choice

Opportunity Cost 

4

If you buy a board game instead of a toy, the toy is the _______

Opportunity Cost

4

One benefit of the board game is...

Use it for a long time/ share with friends.

4

The person who sells the lemonade is the ____

Producer

5

If you buy ice cream instead of a jacket, the ice cream is a ______

Want 

5

Someone who makes or grows goods.

Producer

5

Opportunity Cost means the thing you give up when you make a ______

Choice 

5

if you choose the park, you give up this activity....

Playing the board game

5

The person who buys the lemonade is the ____

Consumer