http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:12:07 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 02:12:07 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=232160 CasePlace.org is a free, practical on-line resource for up-to-date case studies, syllabi and innovating teaching materials for business educators.  Materials are searchable by discipline, industry, topic, region, product type, author and publication year.  http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=325717 "From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever." http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89152 This is another creative website from BizEd. The site introduces many of the issues and ideas that are of interest in the field of development economics. Students can take a series of virtual field trips throughout Zambia visiting a number of places and people. At each stop on the way you are able to gain access to key data and economic theory, a glossary, pictures and have the opportunity to complete worksheets. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=74385 Read the lecture and try to answer the interspersed questions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88876 Be a financial professional at Tanro, Inc. a lawnmower manufacturer, and plan the introduction of a new electric mower line. But be careful: you must break even within 2 years. Teaches basics of performing a break even analysis.There is also a Simulation Tutorial available that shows step by step how to build simulations like Break Even. It includes a sample simulation with full source code. See the other contribution titled:״Tutorial: Developing eLearning Simulations for the Web" http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=431584 Farmersi is not just another mindless multiplayer browser based game. It is a business simulation game in which players manage their virtual farms in the Wild West - they grow crops, raise cattle and make investments.Create your own farm and manage it better than other players to win! Make continuous progress with your character while you challenge opponents in normal, league, scenario, and team play!Individual games are 1-9 players at a time and last for 6-17 turns, with turns calculated every 4 or 8 minutes, 12h or 24h. While you are having fun you just might also learn helpful business skills and develop insight into how economies and markets function.You may play for free at http://farmersi.net http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90110 This is a site that contains a number of types of material that can be used in teaching about chance probability. Lesson plans, syllabi, suggested activities, and data sets are available. The data sets contain interesting information for students such as: quarterback passing rating data, baseball streaks, and baseball salaries that can be used to illustrate means, medians, etc. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=395182 The purpose of this interactive multimedia material is to enable students to learn and comprehend the cause-effect relationship in the full aggregate demand and supply (AD/AS) model and the observe the adjustment of the economy in the short and the long term. The program assumes that students are already familiar with the underlying concepts of the graphic representation of the AD/AS model. The tool also has a number of simple case studies that illustrate the capacity and limits of the model and explain certain real economic situations (both historical and recent). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=485003 This interactive tool explains the adjust in short and long term of the market and the enterprise under the theory of perfect competition. It allows the interaction of both dimensions and to see the equilibrium process in terms of profits, looses, prices, and exchanged quantities. The documentation includes graphs with explanations of the shifts, as well as exercises with feedback. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75533 This lesson focuses on the April 27, 2012, first (advance) estimate of U.S. real gross domestic product (real GDP) growth for the first quarter (Q1) of 2012, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The current data and historical data are explained. The meaning of GDP and potential impacts of changes of GDP are explored. The lesson will also raise questions about the impact of the current level of growth on the U.S. economy and individuals.