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Sierra College

"Deals on Wheels!" Car Loan Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Help your class members learn how to use their income wisely with a comprehensive lesson plan on calculating monthly car payments. Using basic math skills and online calculators, your learners will determine the total amount to be...
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NASA

Water Works on a Blue Planet

For Students 6th - 12th
Keep within a water budget. Learners find out that less than 2.5% of Earth's water is available to drink—and that there is a fixed amount of water. Scholars read an interesting article comparing the available water to a game of Monopoly...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Plan Your Spending

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site presents the budgeting process through a series of steps. This first page describes the first step, creating a spending plan of estimated expenses. This page also has a link to a downloadable spending plan that requires Acrobat...