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Costing A Garden

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students work in groups and plan a garden within a budget. They investigate appropriate plants for their area, compare and report prices. As a group, they consider the shape, size, type of soil, and draw a layout of the planned garden....
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Small Busines Schemes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate a small business and its profitability. In pairs, as they research a business adventure, students consider the capital outlay, maintenance, office space, prices, insurance, and profit and loss statements. Students...
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Food Needs, Food Wants

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore wants and needs. In this family budgeting lesson, students play the Food Money game to help them distinguish between food wants and needs. Students discuss their impressions of the game and food budgets.
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Slow Times Mean Pay Cuts For Many

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of a slowing economy. In this slowing economy lesson, students discuss the trickle-down effects of a slowing economy. Learners create an estimated budget for living expenses after high school. Students...
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The Leaves in October

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students determine whether or not to save or spend and defend a decision.  In this personal finance lesson, students identify opportunity cost of various spending and saving decisions. Students read a story where two girls share profits...
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Visual 1: The Cost of Credit

For Students 4th - 6th
In this money management worksheet, students examine an advertisement for a bike and respond to 3 questions that require them to calculate percentages
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Credit Inventory

For Students 4th - 6th
In this money management instructional activity, learners read a paragraph regarding credit and then respond to 6 short answer questions regarding credit.
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‘Tis The Season . . .To Do Math

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Dreidels, Christmas trees, shopping, and snowflakes--what do they all have in common? Mathematics.
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Let's Go Shopping with $500

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a worksheet to budget a five-hundred dollar shopping spree. They select goods to purchase, figure totals and then calculate discounts and sales tax. They compare results to determine who purchased the most for his or...
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Design-A-Room Project (Part 3 of 3)

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students culminate a unit on measurement with a focus on area and perimeter. They design a floor plan of their dream room on graph paper showing the proper area and perimeter. They plan the budget for their room and make a 3-D scale...
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Open-Ended; Joining (Addition), Part-Part-Whole

For Students 4th
Given a budget, a list of items to put in a treat bag, and how much each item costs might be a little difficult for your students at first. However, these are all going into a treat bag for Madeline's friends. What would your learners...
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Financial Plans

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create an economic system based on responsibility and caring. In this economics and character lesson, students receive Character Currency and practice using the money for a good cause. Students brainstorm charities they would...
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Math Bargains

For Teachers 1st
First graders use real coins or concrete models of coins to solve problems involving the purchase of items. They use cons and simulate going to a bargain store to purchase items. Students record the total cost of items. Pupils make a...
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Moving On Up!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete a game-like simulation to determine a career and salary. In groups, they collect information and decide what is the "best" city in which to live. They create a monthly budget for their "best" city based on salary from...
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Math: Road Trip

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use road maps to calculate the distance between two locations. They estimate the cost for fuel and the miles per gallon. They consider other factors such as geography, road conditions, and traffic that may impact the cost.
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Cars and Loans

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
What's the best way to pay for a car? Should I buy used or new? Can I realistically afford a car? Pupils discover the ins and outs of buying a car, from how to shop for car insurance to the advantages and disadvantages of leasing.
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Credit Cards

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Teach adolescents to use credit responsibly. The 32nd installment of a 35-part module covers how to calculate credit card payments using a geometric series. It teaches terminology and concepts necessary to understand credit card debt.
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Let's Make A Deal

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make a picture money book. In this money instructional activity, 3rd graders read The Monster Money Book, discuss money terminology, watch a video on money and draw an example of the barter system. Students use the Internet...
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Money Responsibility

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Introduce young learners to the important life skill of responsibly managing money and recording how much they spend and save. 
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Does My hair Disrupt Your Learning?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use the internet to research ways to save and earn money. They interview bankers and financial counselors to discover different types of investments. Students create public service announcements to inform their classmates of...
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TI Calculator

For Teachers 11th
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders troubleshoot the TI-83/84 graphing calculator. They review the proper process to use when entering equations and fractions into the calculator. There are 4 example problems worked out.
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Reality Check Quiz

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After conjuring up images of the ideal lifestyle, young adults are given a reality check. They take an online quiz and complete an activity that requires them to put their dream lifestyle in a real-world context. They determine how...
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It Costs How Much!?!?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Many teens conjure up images of how great their first apartment will be, but they lack a solid understanding of what it will cost to make it look that way. To gain an appreciation for the cost of furnishings, they create a collage of a...
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Five Thousand Dollars!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How does consumerism affect global poverty? Upper graders find out about cost benefit, wants and needs, and making good consumer choices as they explore this global topic. They role-play an impulse spending experience and work through...

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