This is a versatile, situation based activity that can be used in a variety of ways to introduce, reinforce, or assess student understanding of needs and wants. Best of all, it's fun! As an introductory activity, students are captured by the scenario presented to them and become actively engaged in the fun of deciding between items with the ultimate goal of introducing the concepts of scarcity, needs, and wants. As an activity to reinforce these concepts that have already been introduced, stude