Producer/Seller Role Description

In this activity you are a producer/seller of bracelets. You will produce paper clip bracelets and sell them for Classroom Bucks to others in the class. Your goal is earn as many Bucks as possible. At the end of the activity, you may use the Classroom Bucks from your sale of bracelets to purchase candy.

The activity will last at least 3 rounds. Each round will be made up of a production period of approximately 5 minutes and a market period of approximately 3 minutes.

Each bracelet must be made of 6 paper clips, connected to form a complete circle. You may produce bracelets only during the timed production periods. You may sell only the bracelets that you produce.

You may sell bracelets only during the market period of each round. All sales are cash sales, using Classroom Bucks. You may sell at any price you wish. You may price all bracelets the same or negotiate a selling price for each.

At the end of a market period, you may keep any unsold bracelets and sell them in subsequent rounds.