Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Budgets
What is a budget? How do we use it and why is it important? Students work on these questions in the context of the College Project.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: College Project Wrap Up
What have young scholars learned about college? What questions do they still have? Students work on wrapping up and reflecting on the College Project while tackling math problems. This lesson plan includes a detailed plan, printable...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Learn to Build a Rocket in 5 Days or Your Money Back
In this instructional activity, students discover the entire process that goes into designing a rocket for any customer. In prior lessons, students learned how rockets work, but now they learn what real-world decisions engineers have to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Can You Survive in the Real World?
Living in the real world is expensive and sometimes hard for a new college graduate to adjust to. This instructional activity will allow students to see the importance and need of budgeting money. Students will have to make choices and...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: The Cost of the War in Iraq (Lesson Plan)
A lesson for examining the projected costs of war, both short-term and long-term costs as of 2003, and for identifying how war funds are spent. Students will gain understanding of the logistics of war and the nuances of creating a budget.