consumer goods

Provides an introduction to goods and services, defines needs and wants, and explains how resources are used.

Simple text helps children learn the differences between goods and services, the role each plays in their daily life, and the people who provide them in the community.

Science educator Bill Nye details the history of development in home technology, discussing prefabricated houses, house paint, plumbing, air conditioning, dishwashers, washing machines, microwave ovens, cosmetics, razors, frozen food, and Tupperware. Includes introductions to George Washington Carver and a student inventor.

". . . introduces readers to the concept of using and producing goods and services"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces the economic concepts of goods and services.

Explore the basic concepts of economics, and learn how people play an important role as both consumers and producers. Find out about wants and needs, goods and services, and scarcity and demand. See how in every community, local markets, natural resources, transportation, and people work to provide goods and services.

Contest-crazed twelve-year-old Ben uses his wits and way with words in hopes of winning a prize that will keep his family from being evicted until his mother can pass her final CPA examination.

A guide to careers in family and consumer sciences that provides information on job responsibilities, training requirements, assessing personal skills, and choosing the best career.

Explains the role production of goods and services plays in the economic process, discussing who makes the products, how the system works, and how production influences economic growth.

A guide to careers in family and consumer sciences that provides information on job responsibilities, training requirements, assessing personal skills, and choosing the best career.