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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Probability Simulations App

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates the rolling of dice, tossing of coins and generating random numbers. Evaluation options include bar graphs, table of trials data, settings for specifying the number of...
Lesson Plan
Econoclass

Econoclass: International Finance Classroom Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, young scholars are divided into various groups, each being a different "country." Each country has their own currency and goods, and groups proceed to trade amongst themselves. This game covers the topics of...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: At the Crossroads

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about making conversions between different types of units by negotiating with a trader at the crossroads. Practice exchanges with different measurement and currency systems in a simulation....
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Why Money? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about barter, and the benefits of using money, as they participate in this trading simulation.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Getting Paid for Our Work

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders see how money is used to buy and sell items. They will participate in an activity to see how people get money.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Multiple Coin Toss Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore flipping multiple coins through this downloadable java simulation. The complete results of the tossing experiment is shown on a graph of the cumulative probability of heads.
Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: What Is the Federal Reserve? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Questions like "How does the bank hold reserves?" or "How do banks make deposits?" are examples of what is explained through this banking simulation lesson plan to illustrate the purpose of the Federal Reserve.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Banks, Bankers, Banking

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is a simulation of opening a bank. Students are assigned various roles to play within the banking business. Students learn about the role banks play in a market economy.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Velocity of Circulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson simulates a closed market in which goods are bought/sold for money. After the five minute activity, students calculate the amount of money dispersion, and based off of this...
Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Saving Each Payday

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars use a real-world simulation to learn how saving a little money each payday can be a successful strategy for saving. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Percentage

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Practice finding the percent of a number by using a money simulation and dragging dollars from one box to the next to represent a percent of the whole.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Coin Flips and Die Rolls

For Students 7th Standards
A set of questions on experimental and theoretical probabilities using coins and dice. Answers are accompanied by explanations.
Website
Other

Foundation for Teaching Economics: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The Foundation for Teaching Economics is committed to excellence in economic education. The Foundation offers free workshops for high school educators and students. This site includes workshop dates, locations, and registration...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Making Cents Out of Centimes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will learn that most countries create their own currency for use as money. In most of Europe that money is now the Euro. Students will discover the use of Euros in this simulation and learn a little about exchanging dollars for...
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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University: Ag in the Classroom: Hairy Heredity [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simulation where students flip coins to mimic how parents pass genetic traits to their offspring through heredity. This activity also illustrates the difference between dominant and recessive genes, and how they interact with each...
Activity
Other

Alverno College: Ps Aqua Farm: The Aquafarmer: Your Role in This Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Using this simulation become the manager of a real-life fish farming operation. Make money by raising fish manipulating dependent and independent variables.
Handout
Other

Alliance for Investor Education: Investor's Clearinghous

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to facilitating greater understanding of investing, investments, and the financial markets among current and prospective investors of all ages.
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Curated OER

Federal Budget Expenses

For Students 9th - 10th
Easy to use budget simulator that allows you to learn how much money is incorporated in the Federal Budget.