Curated OER
Money Comes and Goes
Students explore the concept of budgeting. In this family economics lesson plan, students track family sources of incomes as well as family expenses for 1 month. Students analyze the data they collect and discuss personal budgeting.
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Economic Awareness Council: Budgeting Basics [Pdf]
Learn practical steps to take when building a budget that you can realistically live with.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Creating a Household Budget
In this Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum PowerPoint module, students create a household budget by tracking their expenditures over a month-long period. Students use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet to track their own...