⏲️ Timing and Materials

Participant Information

Target Grade Levels: 9th-12th
Ideal Number of Students: 12-35 
Ideal Number of Volunteers: 2-10

Timing

This lesson can be completed in approximately 1.5 hours.

Materials

To facilitate the Cell Phone Game, you will need to purchase a small reusable game kit. Recommendations for where to conveniently and affordably purchase these materials are listed below.

• Cash Tray
• Color Counting Chips
• US Bills Play Money

Printing Instructions: To complete your Cell Phone Game kit, download the materials at apics.org/supplychainstem. You may also download and print the Cell Phone Lesson Printables here, which include:

• Supplier signs (1 each)
• Supply summary page
• Retail store set up
• Sample team score card
• Blank team score cards (1 for each team)
• Supplier Order Form

For your convenience, we have provided both letter and legal sized versions of these materials. We recommend using legal-sized paper if available. Print each page single-sided at 100%.