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title: "CERCA Now: Inflation"
description: 3 Topic to Spark Courageous Thinking This Week!
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# [CERCA Now: Inflation](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/inflation)

 Written by [ThinkCERCA Team](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/thinkcerca-team) | June 20, 2022

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## ELEMENTARY

Inflation: A Real-World Example

[View Lesson](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/35228?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-CERCA%20Now&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BzvjmQRhKB0MY8CXfKMDmOIIwkrfvOYtW9rurIxwTeusDPeACaQrxTfrAiA2lNem_PRnU)

## MIDDLE

Inflation Should Be Viewed as Public Enemy Number 1: Here’s Why

[View Lesson](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/ARP_Inflationshouldbeviewedaspublicenemynumber1here%E2%80%99swhy_G6-8?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-CERCA%20Now&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BzvjmQRhKB0MY8CXfKMDmOIIwkrfvOYtW9rurIxwTeusDPeACaQrxTfrAiA2lNem_PRnU)

## HIGH SCHOOL

How Inflation Hits Home

[View Lesson](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/ARP_HowInflationHitsHome_G9-12?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-CERCA%20Now&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BzvjmQRhKB0MY8CXfKMDmOIIwkrfvOYtW9rurIxwTeusDPeACaQrxTfrAiA2lNem_PRnU)

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#### ELEMENTARY

Why doesn't inflation just impact prices?

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#### MIDDLE

Is inflation ever a positive phenomenon?

[Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khou5Qz4A4E&utm_campaign=Q1-2022-CERCA%20Now&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BzvjmQRhKB0MY8CXfKMDmOIIwkrfvOYtW9rurIxwTeusDPeACaQrxTfrAiA2lNem_PRnU)

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#### HIGH SCHOOL

Should markets regulate themselves, or should the government have a hand in making economic decisions?

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<https://www.thinkcerca.com/cerca-slides-integers>

# [Integers](https://www.thinkcerca.com/cerca-slides-integers)

## GRADE LEVELS 3-12

Ready to wow friends and family with the magic of Pascal’s Triangle? With a focus on repeated reasoning and math patterns, this week’s set of CERCA Slides on “Integers” offers students strategies for working efficiently with numbers.

Extension activities on Patterns in Nature (3-5) and the Fibonacci Sequence (6-12) give students the chance to explore real-world applications of key concepts in STEM.

[CERCA Slides |](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1crvRMOIr4-_1tJFjCyf75Or-p8yDtFrwHN6tSNjO3X8/edit?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-CERCA%20Now&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BzvjmQRhKB0MY8CXfKMDmOIIwkrfvOYtW9rurIxwTeusDPeACaQrxTfrAiA2lNem_PRnU#slide=id.g105b612cd14_0_11) [Student Guides |](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18i6TrddOyDtY_GWW_n3xlmH8Sub99fRrQ2cASx7H9Ts/edit?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-CERCA%20Now&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BzvjmQRhKB0MY8CXfKMDmOIIwkrfvOYtW9rurIxwTeusDPeACaQrxTfrAiA2lNem_PRnU#slide=id.gf5f579acfc_0_0) [Pear Deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w3_ECKOU-GdcRS37hgdPDfSoVtwU4jpm1n2mZoAKfig/edit?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-CERCA%20Now&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BzvjmQRhKB0MY8CXfKMDmOIIwkrfvOYtW9rurIxwTeusDPeACaQrxTfrAiA2lNem_PRnU#slide=id.gd6d05cd111_0_2)

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