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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,...
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,...
Tip Jar	Careers (Financial Education)	Computer	Tool		[0]
What's the deal with all the tip calculators in the App Store? Is calculating 15% hard? Nope, and this lesson uses percents to explore the math of eating--and working--in a restaurant, from leaving ti... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Earning (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,...
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,...
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,...
DataFerrett: For TheDataWeb	Earning (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,...
Payday	Earning (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,...
Tip Jar	Earning (Financial Education)	Computer	Tool		[0]
What's the deal with all the tip calculators in the App Store? Is calculating 15% hard? Nope, and this lesson uses percents to explore the math of eating--and working--in a restaurant, from leaving ti... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Paycheck	Earning (Financial Education)	Excel	Tool		[0]
Students calculate net income and discover how much money they pay in taxes and for benefits in the process. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Payroll Deductions Calculator	Earning (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Tool		[0]
Use this calculator to help you determine the impact of changing your payroll deductions. You can enter your current payroll information and deductions, and then compare them to your proposed deductio... 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,...
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,...
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Education (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,...
Exploring Relationships betwee...	Education (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,...
College Savings Calculator	Education (Financial Education)	Java Applet	Tool		[0]
Use our College Savings calculator to determine the amount you must invest each year to have enough money to cover all college costs. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Math Insight - Digging Dirt	Entrepreneur (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,...
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Income (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,...
Exploring Relationships betwee...	Income (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,...
Math Insight - Digging Dirt	Income (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,...
Payday	Income (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,...
Paycheck	Income (Financial Education)	Excel	Tool		[0]
Students calculate net income and discover how much money they pay in taxes and for benefits in the process. 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,...
Miranda and the Rookie	Income (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,...
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,...
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