From Cow to Ice Cream
Bertram T. Knight; Children's Press (CT) 1997
This book traces the steps in the production of ice cream, describing the natural, capital, and human resources (and intermediate goods) that are needed for this job.
Economic Concepts
- Productive Resources
- Natural Resources
- Human Resources
- Capital Resources
- Intermediate Goods
- Entrepreneurship
- Goods and Services
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
- Intermediate (4-6)
Related Subjects
- Entrepreneurship


Description of lesson from Spotting Economics: From Africa to Ice Cream, Lesson 14: Students play a game of Musical Resources; make paper ice cream cones to help classify the resources needed to produce ice cream; and construct a mobile to illustrate how an entrepreneur brings resources together to produce ice cream.