Market Maze at Pike Place Market

Goods & Services Adventure Pack

Inside the bustling aisles of Pike Place Market, the economy is tangled.

Prices are mismatched. Producers are delivering the wrong goods. Services are overlapping with products. Needs and wants are confused, and trade routes are misaligned. Ari Raider has detected a disruption in the marketplace system and needs explorers to restore balance before the market collapses into chaos.

In Market Maze at Pike Place Market, students are dropped into one of the most iconic public markets in the United States on a high-stakes economics mission. By learning how goods and services differ, how producers and consumers interact, and how needs, wants, and prices influence trade, explorers must reorganize the market and stabilize the system.

This adventure blends foundational economics with story, exploration, and optional hands-on discovery.

About This Adventure Pack

Market Maze at Pike Place Market is designed for elementary explorers and connects directly to an interactive online adventure.

Students can complete the Market Maze at Pike Place Market adventure online for free, including access to free printable trading cards that match this experience. The online adventure delivers the full learning and story-driven mission without requiring a physical kit.

👉 Explore the free Market Maze at Pike Place Market adventure here:
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For families or classrooms that want to extend the experience, this Adventure Pack adds a hands-on excavation and collectible cards that bring the economic challenge into the physical world.

The learning experience is the same whether students use the physical pack or not. The pack simply adds a tactile, collectible layer to the adventure.

What This Adventure Covers

Each Market Maze at Pike Place Market Adventure Pack explores core goods and services concepts, including:

• Goods – Physical items people buy and sell
• Services – Actions or work done for others
• Producer – A person or business that creates goods or services
• Consumer – A person who buys or uses goods and services
• Need – Something necessary for survival
• Want – Something desired but not essential
• Price – The amount paid for a good or service
• Trade – The exchange of goods or services
• Market – A place where buying and selling happen

Each topic appears naturally within the adventure and is required to move the story forward, reinforcing learning through exploration rather than memorization.

What’s Inside the Pack

• Adventure-Filled Field Pack (6×9 Adventure Pouch)
• Adventure Mission Card
• Interactive Online Adventure
• Knowledge Card Pack
• Mystery Dig Kit
• Dig Stick Tool
• Cleaning Wipe
• Mystery Collectible Specimen (Gemlet)
• Gemlet Storage Container
• Excavating Adventures Sticker

Why Kids Love It

Sorting goods and services, solving trade challenges, setting prices, and uncovering a real mystery specimen makes learning feel like running a real marketplace.

Why Teachers and Parents Love It

Market Maze at Pike Place Market supports social studies and economics standards through clear foundational concepts, real-world examples, and flexible classroom or at-home use. The adventure works for whole-class instruction, small groups, or independent learning — with or without the physical pack.

Free Adventure Option

Market Maze at Pike Place Market is also available online for free, including free printable trading cards that align directly with this adventure. No purchase is required to participate.

This reflects our mission at Excavating Adventures: to make engaging, story-driven adventures accessible to everyone.

👉 Explore the free Market Maze at Pike Place Market adventure here:
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