Got a financial question

Wetheecomony has the answers!  In these series of short videos,  each one begins with a question ( What is a recession?  Why is our tax system so complicated?  Where does your band deposit go).   This site is suggested for high school grades but I think you could also use it with middle school students. For a complete review of the site, please see Teachers First here.

Money makes the world go round...

And our students need strong financial literacy skills.  This week, TeachersFirst shared their Understanding Economics and Money.  It includes a variety of resources for all ages. One of my favorites for grades K-6  is from Discovery Education- Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids.

New from Discovery Education: Econ Essentials

Let your students discover the mysteries of human

behavior with the newest interactive learning resources

from Econ Essentials

One of the key differences between traditional economics and behavioral economics is

the use of experiments to test theories. Your students have likely done many

science experiments, but have they ever done an economics experiment? 

In the second of four Behavioral Economics Digital Lesson Bundles released by
Econ Essentials  titled “How We Are Affected by Preference,” students will explore
and experiment with two seemingly counter-intuitive human behaviors – loss
aversion and the endowment effect.  Students will test why they feel greater
emotional impact when losing the big game, why they value losses more than
they do gains, or why they may overvalue what they already own.

Teaching Economics?

In his post from last week, Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) shared a link to a series of free webinars from the Council for Economics Education.  If you register (yet the time is not convenient), you will be able to watch the archived version. You will also receive a certificate for attending.

Holidays and Economics

Nothing like the coming of the new year to get your finances in order.  Here from Discovery Education are three interactives to help your students budget and plan.

Learning about money on the farm

Using farming as a game, visit Farm Blitz to learn how money works.  Take out a loan to purchase seed , see the debt accumulate and then how to see your crops and make money. Geared for middle-high school level students.

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Everything you need to know about the economy (and money)

Here’s a series of short films that cover 5 major monetary topics. This site is geared to high school students and includes support material.


For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Welcome to Moneyville!

Visit Moneyville! Here’s a chance for elementary students to earn and manage their own money!  While you need to create a username and password, there is no need for an email.  Create your avatar, complete your first job and you are off! For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

SPENT!

Do you students wonder where the money goes?  Have them play this free game that simulates the financial decisions faced by most adults.  From finding a job, housing, food, and other expenses, it is easy to see how many people don’t have the funds to support the necessities of life. At certain points in the game, it will like to Facebook (but you can just close it and move on).  This is geared toward high school students.

You could do this independently or perhaps on an interactive whiteboard.

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.

Everything you ever wanted to know about

investments- but were afraid to ask!  This collection of YouTube videos from Fidelity cover the scope of investment basics from definitions to IRAs and managed accounts.  The videos are generally less than two minutes and are geared to 8th grade and up.I’ve embedded a sample here.

For the complete post from TeachersFirst, please click here.