Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Cfpb: Contrasting Long Term and Short Term Savings Goals
Middle schoolers learn the difference between short-term and long-term savings goals and apply their knowledge in an exercise-oriented game.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Setting a Smart Savings Goal
Learners discuss short-term and long-term goals and what makes a goal SMART. They then create their own short-term savings goal and make an action plan to meet that goal.
Other
Wrightslaw: Writing Good Iep Goals and Objectives
"Help! I need good IEP goals and objectives." Feel like that also? Here's some advice and useful articles that may help you develop indvidualized education plan.
Education.com
Education.com: Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this design challenge, your child will be asked to create a bottle rocket using typical household items. The list of materials includes everything they will need to create and launch a rocket, and we...
Other
Delaware Department of Education: State Board of Education
This resource provides the goals of the state board, as well as the names and biographies of the board members, meeting agendas and highlights, and information on actions taken by the board.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Using Keywords (K 2)
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students understand that keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the Internet. They learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results to meet their goals. Then they...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Comparing Saving and Investing
Students explore the differences between saving and investing and answer questions about which one they'd use to reach different financial goals.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Storing My Savings
Students read descriptions of common places to store their money and weigh the benefits and risks of each to decide which one(s) fit their financial goals.
Other
The Asvab Program: Exploring Careers
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program provides tools developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) to help high school and postsecondary students across the nation learn more about career exploration and planning. Explore personal skills,...
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Journal Writing Exercises for Kids
This article focuses on journal writing including the benefits, goals for parents and teachers, materials needed, journal exercises, and teaching kids how to keep a journal.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Brain Power! The Nida Junior Scientist Program
This program uses scientific techniques to examine how drugs effect the brain. Its ultimate goal is to present learners with the negative effects of substance abuse and show the benefits of staying substance free. Each of the lessons...
Geographypods
Geographypods: Patterns and Change: Disparities in Wealth and Development
This collection of four learning modules looks at issues related to the unequal distribution of wealth and economic development. Examines how this is measured and presents student video assignments on this topic, followed by a discussion...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Entrepreneur in You
This website is a valuable resource in finding out more about being an entrepreneur. It contains a comprehensive lesson plan detailing what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Lessons: Wall of Dreams
Read personal dreams for America's future, and share one of your own. Hundreds of dreams from across the country and around the world, all in hope for a better tomorrow.
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Smart About Money: 40 Money Management Tips Every College Student Should Know
[PDF] This downloadable brochure will help high school students prepare for the financial decisions they will need to make once high school is over.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sneaking Up on Sneakers
This activity explores why different types of sneakers are used in a variety of common sports. It connects how engineers analyze design needs in sneakers and everyday items. The goal is for students to understand the basics of...
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Speed Math Deluxe
The goal of SpeedMath Deluxe is to create an equation, as quickly as possible, from the four digits the computer gives you. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to create your equation, but you are not allowed...
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Place Value Game
The goal of the Place Value Game is to create the largest possible number from the digits the computer gives you. Unfortunately, the computer will give you each digit one at a time and you won't know what the next number will be. You are...