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The REAL Cost of College

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Learners explore the cost of college and how to plan and save. For this money management lesson students do research on the cost of college, learn about making financial choices, earning, spending, saving, investing and how they apply to their future.

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budgeting, revenue, business, expenses, spending money, saving money, opportunity cost

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budgeting, expenses, opportunity costs, revenue, math
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
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Research
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Year
2009
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