Grade
Levels: 2
to 6
A business
simulation that teaches students problem-solving, strategic planning,
business principles, and math operation skills, as they become owners
of a busy ice cream truck!
This business simulation from the makers of the award-winning
Hot Dog Stand: the Works! teaches important problem-solving, strategic
planning and math operation skills!
By owning an ice-cream
truck, your students experience first-hand basic business principles,
such as supply and demand or creating profit. By driving to different
locations in a busy town, students see the results of their purchasing,
pricing and routing decisions. An on-screen journal with simple
spreadsheets assist in keeping track of sales information, which
students use to plan subsequent trips.
Ice Cream Truck
shows students the workings of a small business in simple non-competitive
marketplace engagingly developing practical ‘real-life’ skills.
A detailed teacher’s guide provides numerous extension
activities.
Curriculum Skills
• Develop basic operations skills and concepts,
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Build money sense
• Collect, organize, and analyze data
• Learn to solve problems and make decisions
Special Features
• Two levels of difficulty
• On-screen journal for record keeping
• Simple spreadsheets to track sales information
