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Consumer Economics in Algebra	Borrowing (Financial Education)+	JavaScript	Activity		[3]
Explore retirement issues and consumer credit with this activity, which involves online calculators, interviews, journaling, and group presentations. This activity was used as a project to accompany a... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Compound Interest Simulator	Credit cards (Financial Education)+	JavaScript	Tool		[2]
This applet will allow you to investigate savings account earnings, credit card debt, and a stock market simulation. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Omega Computer Algebra Calcula...	General (Financial Education)	Computer	Tool		[1]
This online Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) Explorer lets you compose a mathematical query with a calculator-like graphical interface, then displays the output in text or graphic formats. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Making Change	Buying goods and services (Financial Education)+	Flash	Tool		[1]
Students are given the sale price and the amount of money paid by a customer. They must calculate the amount of change due, then click and drag the fewest number of coins and bills to make change. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Just Kids Games: Making Change	Coins (Financial Education)	Java Applet	Tool		[1]
Practice making change for customers' purchases by sliding coins out of the cash register and on to the counter. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Million Dollar Mission	Earning (Financial Education)+	Spreadsheet	Tool		[1]
This is the famous "doubling pennies" problem. Students will study exponential growth. The activity is designed for students to work independently, or in groups with guidance from the teacher. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Educreations Interactive White...	General (Financial Education)	iPad	Tool		[1]
Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentar... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Miranda and the Rookie	Earning (Financial Education)+	Spreadsheet	Technology PoW		[6]
Use a spreadsheet to compare salaries of the star basketball player and the rookie. NOTE: A free login is required. Sign up using the link on the login page, or use your existing K... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
DataFerrett: For TheDataWeb	Economics (Financial Education)+	Computer	Tool		[3]
DataFerrett is a data mining and extraction tool that works with TheDataWeb, a network of online data libraries. Topics include economics, health, income and unemployment, population, labor, cancer,... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Changing Cost per Minute	Buying goods and services (Financial Education)+	Java Applet	Tool		[3]
Users learn how modifications in the rate affect the linear graph displaying accumulation (the total cost of calls). More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Fun and Sun Rent-a-Car--Java V...	Budget (Financial Education)+	Java Applet	Tool		[3]
The Green family is planning a one-week vacation in Florida and needs to rent a car while there. They must decide which of four rental plans to choose. Students construct graphs to see which plan is b... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Payday	Careers (Financial Education)+	Computer	Tool	$	[1]
How much do a school teacher & LeBron James make in a year? Explore not only how much people earn each year, but also each day, hour and minute. How long would a teacher have to work to earn what LeBr... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Graph of the US Income Distrib...	Income (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Tool		[2]
Interact with a graph displaying family income across the population using a football field as the context. The height of the curve at any point is the height of a stack of $100 bills equaling that in... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Personal Shopper	Buying goods and services (Financial Education)+	Flash	Tool		[3]
The Personal Shopper game uses shopping and money-handling in order to reinforce the idea of proportional reasoning. The gameplay involves the player being given a certain amount of money, and a perc... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exploring Relationships betwee...	Earning (Financial Education)+	Fathom	Activity		[0]
What are the advantages of staying in school? From time to time, students wonder whether their academic efforts will be useful to them in the long term. Students will attempt to determine if there ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Careers (Financial Education)+	Fathom	Activity		[0]
An activity using the E-STAT web site�s access to census data, looking at the correlation between educational attainment and income. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Math Insight - Digging Dirt	Earning (Financial Education)+	Java Applet	Activity		[0]
An application problem that asks students to help an excavation company prepare a bid for one of their clients by calculating what they should charge to dig a hole. To solve the problem students must ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
When Gas Was a Quarter!	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Activity		[0]
This is the student page that goes with the When Gas Was a Quarter! lesson plan. In this exercise, students explore the following questions: Why does everything cost so much more now, compared to when... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
The Cost of Being Late	Annual percentage rate (APR) (Financial Education)+	Spreadsheet	Activity		[0]
The primary goal of this lesson is to understand that the costs associated with buying on credit and that making only minimum payments are problematic to long-term financial health. The secondary goal... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Time, Value, Money: Applicatio...	Borrowing (Financial Education)+	TI-83/TI-84	Activity		[0]
Activities in this book approach common financial problems like Time-Value-of Money, Compound Interest, Present and Future Value, Depreciation, Mortgages, Amortization, and like NPV. The activity book... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Real Estate Tycoon	Jobs (Financial Education)+	Computer	Lesson Plan		[0]
In this year-long project, students design, "build," and "sell" a house; after which they simulate investment of the profits in the stock market. Along the way, students make scale drawings, compute w... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Number Cents	Coins (Financial Education)	Java Applet	Lesson Plan		[0]
To begin this lesson, children model prices mentioned in a children�s book (Pigs Will Be Pigs). Then they make change from a given amount by counting on from the price. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
When Gas Was a Quarter	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Lesson Plan		[0]
Why do things cost so much more now than they used to? Students will find out about inflation in the United States. With this lesson, students will use the Consumer Price Index and explore inflation ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Math Forum Teacher Packet: TI-...	Balancing a checkbook (Financial Education)+	TI-Nspire	Lesson Plan		[0]
This packet contains a copy of the original problem used to create the activity, rationale and explanation behind the �Make a Mathematical Model� focal activity, and some thoughts on why this activity... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Snapshots	Banking (Financial Education)+	Computer	Support Material		[0]
"Snapshots" of various statistics and poll results, in news, money, sports, and life sections. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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