Growing money exponentially is the context of this scenario that asks learners to compare investments in two certificate of deposit accounts. Your young investment analysts will learn about the exponential characteristics of money...

Does your bank pay you for allowing them to hold your money? Class members research three different ways they can earn money using money already in the bank. Topics include certificates of deposit, statement savings accounts, and...

Does your bank pay you for allowing them to hold your money? Class members investigate three different ways money can make more money. Topics include certificates of deposit, statement savings accounts, and money market accounts....

Does your bank pay you for allowing them to hold your money? The lesson covers three different ways your money can make money. Topics include certificates of deposit, statement savings accounts, and money market accounts.

Students explore natural resources by conducting a geology experiment in class. For this mineral mining lesson, students discuss the types of geological material that can be found when mining and the uses for these resources such as...

Impress upon your young adults the importance of saving and investing, and give them a foundational vocabulary from which they can continue to build their financial literacy. This lesson plan covers short- and long-term budget goals,...

Students explore economics by creating a budget. In this financial goal setting activity, students investigate their use of time by completing a worksheet. Students identify financial goals they would like to achieve in the next several...

Middle schoolers redesign their school to make it more energy efficient, and create a model of their design. Learners get together in groups of 5, and they take on the task of making their school more energy efficient. To do this, they...

In this algebra worksheet, students solve exponential equations using logarithmic equations. They rewrite word problems using equations. There are 24 questions.

Students explore the concept of managing money. In this managing money activity, students discuss how to write checks and keep an accurate check registry. Students discuss the importance and uses of debit cards and deposit forms.

Students explore the concept of graphing data. In this graphing data lesson, students determine the percentage of sugar in bubble gum. Students graph type of gum vs. sugar percentage. Students create a table of their data.

Students, in small groups, use the Internet and other traditional sources to research historically significant mathematicians, write a paper, and creatively present research in class.

Students explore and discuss the various account options available to them at the bank. They create a paragraph stating the pros and cons of each kind of banking account. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.

Students explore financial literacy.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate income, taxes, and costs of living.  Students investigate banking and use straightforward computation to learn about savings,...

Students identify the different types of accounts offered by local banks. Students review and define appropriate banking terms when opening an account. Working in pairs, students role play the proper way to open an account. This...

Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance lesson, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and compound...

In this math worksheet, students find the solutions for the expressions using exponents. They also calculate the answers to the word problems.

Young scholars identify taxable interest income, and report taxable and tax-exempt interest income.

Students compute interest earned. In this data analysis lesson, students examine investments and interest rates. They compute the total interest earned and find the simple interest.

In this simple interest worksheet, students use leveled problem solving and solve the six problems that contain numbers for simple interest.

Demand deposits are the kinds of bank accounts that most people are familiar with. This article explains what they are and how they differ from other types of accounts such as money market accounts or certificates of deposit.

Students will know and be able to use the formula for calculating compound interest and understand the effect of compounding on savings in this instructional activity.

In this lesson, middle schoolers will learn about the concept of compound interest and understand its effect on savings. They will also learn how to compute simple and compound interest.

Resource for high school students on the importance of saving and how to begin investing.