Learn Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Economics online. Revise it by playing.
67 short lessons that follow the Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 specification. Every lesson comes with its own quiz, a quiz show game and a zombie defence game, and there are 945 flash cards and 10 3D Economics games too.
- Covers the Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 specification, topic by topic
- Games that test what you've just learnt, so it sticks
- A study timetable and progress tracking to keep you on course
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100% based on the current Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 specification
Every lesson is written from the Pearson Edexcel specification for exams in 2027-2030. It teaches everything you need to know for the exam, topic by topic, in short lessons you can finish in one sitting.
- All 5 themes and 22 topics, in the same order as the specification
- 67 lessons of about 30 minutes each
- About 130 hours of recommended study time in total, set by the exam board, including games, quizzes and revision
- Clear explanations with diagrams, pictures and videos
- Key words and exam tips to help you pass
A plan that gets you to exam day
Tell us when you want to finish and we plan every lesson for you, week by week. Then track your progress and see exactly what to revise.
A study plan that fits your life
Pick your finish date and your timetable plans your lessons week by week, leaving time to revise before the exam.
- One-year or two-year plans
- Fits around school, work or home education
- Time left for revision before the exam
Know exactly where you stand
Your dashboard shows lessons done, quiz scores and the topics that need another look.
- Scores for every quiz
- Spot weak topics early
- Great for parents to check in
See exactly what to revise
After every quiz you see each question, your answer and the right one, so you know what to go back over before the exam.
- The right answer for every one you missed
- Go back to any lesson, any time
- Spot weak topics before the exam
Learn it. Test it. Play it. Remember it.
Reading something once isn't enough. The way to remember it for the exam is to keep pulling it back out of your head. So every Economics lesson comes with lots of fun ways to do exactly that.
Learn
A 30-minute lesson on one part of the specification, with pictures, videos and clear explanations.
Test
A quiz straight after shows what's gone in, with the right answer the moment you get one wrong.
Play
Lemonaire and Last Stand turn the same lesson into a game, so you answer the questions again (and again) because you want to win.
Remember
Flash cards bring each idea back just before you'd forget it, until it's locked in for the exam.
Every question, card and game is written from the lesson, so it all follows the Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 specification. No random trivia.
Who Wants to Be a Lemonaire?
Lights, music and a host who talks to you. Zane Zest asks questions on the lesson you've just done, and you climb the Lemon Tree to a million lemons. Use 50:50, Phone a Friend or Ask the Audience if you're stuck.
Why it's fun
- A proper quiz show studio with a theme tune
- Three lifelines and a phone-a-friend
- Take the lemons or risk it all
- Beat your best score
How it teaches
- Every question comes from the lesson
- Starts with true or false, then builds up to four options
- Get one wrong and Zane shows the line from the lesson that explains it
Last Stand: they want brains. Use yours.
A 3D tower defence game. Build gun towers, snipers and tesla coils to stop the horde reaching your bunker. The catch? The scrap you build with comes from answering questions on the lesson.
Why it's fun
- A 4-level story with survivors and a boss
- Airstrikes, orbital lasers and flashbangs
- Recruit, Soldier and Veteran levels, with 3 stars to win
- Blitz mode for a quick 2.5-minute game
How it teaches
- Knowing the lesson is how you win
- "Urgent intel" questions pop up mid-battle against the clock, like exam pressure
- Wrong answers show the right one, so you learn as you play
Flash cards that actually test you
Not just flip and forget. Pick how tough: flip and rate yourself, read a clue and type the key word, or explain it in your own words and have it marked.
Why it's fun
- Points, streaks and lives
- Quickfire against the clock, or Endless with 3 lives
- Chilled lo-fi study music
- Swipe through them on your phone
How it teaches
- Pulling an answer out of your head (active recall) is one of the best ways to remember
- Cards you miss come back until you've got them
- Daily Recap brings cards back after 1, 3, 7, 16 and 35 days, just before you'd forget
Check it's gone in, straight after every lesson
Every lesson ends with its own quiz. Pick 12 or 25 questions, Quickfire against the clock, or Endless until you run out of lives.
Why it's fun
- Points, streaks and sound effects
- Easy, Medium or Hard
- Stars for your best score
How it teaches
- You find out what you don't know straight away
- The longer modes mix in earlier lessons from the same topic, so older ideas keep coming back
The tricky topics, turned into 3D games
Some ideas are much easier to understand when you can see them move and try them yourself. These games were made for the Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 specification topics students find hardest. Try them now, free.
Trade-Off Island
Run the island of Brindle: move crews between a bike works and a laptop factory, slide along the PPC, ship the orders it can make, reject the unobtainable ones, put idle crews back to work and watch a hurricane and new technology shift the curve
Play nowMarket Forces
Set the prices at Oakfield market: watch the queues and crates show excess demand and excess supply, use market forces to clear each market at its equilibrium price, and drag the demand and supply curves when the news breaks
Play nowRevenue Rush
Set the prices at six businesses on Riverside Walk: pull the price lever, watch the gold price x quantity wall win and lose money, use the total revenue test to decide if demand is price elastic or inelastic, and calculate PED
Play nowSpillover Snap
Photograph the spill-overs that leak out of each deal in a valley town: pollution, congestion and environmental damage from a cement works, and the good kind from flu jabs, education and healthcare, then stack private and external blocks into social cost and social benefit towers
Play nowSweet Spot
Grow furniture firms in a 3D town and watch their average cost fall then rise on a live LRAC curve, spot bureaucracy, communication problems, lack of control and distance between managers and workers, see external economies of scale pull the whole curve down, and lock each firm in at its most efficient size
Play nowCoffee Wars
Run one of three big coffee chains in a 3D town square: cut prices and watch your rivals copy you in a price war, win shoppers with adverts, new drinks and better quality, see barriers to entry keep a newcomer out and decide whether to join a cartel that fixes high prices
Play nowSky Writer
Fly a stunt plane whose smoke trail draws real GDP across the sky: feel the boom, downturn, recession and recovery, watch growth, inflation and unemployment change in the towns below, call each stage and label the economic cycle diagram
Play nowCash Junction
Run a harbour city's money railway: throw the switches to send every payment IN as an export or OUT as an import, sort trade into goods (visibles) and services (invisibles), see exports bring money in even as the goods sail away, and work out the current account surplus or deficit
Play nowRate Ripple
Be the central bank: raise or cut the base rate and watch the ripple hit loans, savings, mortgages and firms on a 3D high street, keep inflation in the target band without wrecking growth and jobs, and learn when to use asset purchasing
Play nowTag Flip
Flip the price tags on cargo ships at the Exchange Gate as the pound appreciates, depreciates, is devalued and revalued, then call what happens to demand for exports and imports and the current account
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What you get
- 67 lessons covering the Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 specification
- 670 quiz questions with instant feedback
- Lemonaire and Last Stand on every lesson
- 945 flash cards with Daily Recap
- 10 3D Economics games
- Personal study timetable and progress tracking
- Works on phone, tablet and laptop
Good to know
Does it follow the Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 specification?
Yes. The course was planned from the Pearson Edexcel 4EC1 specification so every part is taught, in order. The quizzes, games and flash cards are all written from the lessons, so you only practise what's in the specification.
Are the games really learning, or just for fun?
Both. You can only win by answering questions on the lesson, and every wrong answer shows you the right one. Testing yourself like this is one of the best-proven ways to remember things, and the games mean students happily do a lot more of it.
Who is it for?
Students studying Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Economics at school who want extra help, home-educated students, private candidates and adults going back to study.
What do I need to use it?
Just a web browser. It works on phones, tablets, laptops and computers, so you can study anywhere.
Does the price include the exam?
No. Exams are booked and paid for separately with an exam centre. The course gets you ready for them.
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