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Other

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Introduction to Earning Interest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students 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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Plan, Save, Succeed! Achieving Financial Literacy Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will understand how a budget is created and how it can support good financial decision-making. They will begin to consider the role that saving plays in financial planning.
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Website
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Credit Cards

For Students 9th - 10th
Thinking about opening a credit card? This resource gives consumers information about maneuvering the credit process. Use the interactive guide to learn more about terms and fees offered by credit cards. Also, open the online calculator...
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Website
Math2

Math2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a site for students and teachers of all grade levels. If you are looking for math tables, general information about math topics, or you would like to ask a question, this is the site to visit.
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Activity
Hopelink

Hopelink: Teaching Percentages

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can brush up on percentage skills with this lesson and calculate percentages using the "Percent Tricks method." For students to successfully use this method, they must have the ability to multiply and divide whole numbers.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math; Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
This Math Forum site gives links students' inquiries involving calculating both simple and compound interest for a variety of situations.
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Lesson Plan
University of Missouri

University of Missouri St. Louis:wise Pockets: Kermit the Hermit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is an elementary level lesson that deals with spending, saving, income, and interest. Requires the book Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet. Includes detailed lesson plan along with procedures and activities.
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University of Missouri

University of Missouri: Wise Pockets: Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using a Berenstain Bears' book, learners are introduced to concepts such as spending, goods, services, income, saving, and interest. Lesson is detailed and has good activities. Includes questions about the story that teach students about...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Bonds and Bond Yield to Maturity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will deal with Bonds, that are long-term promissory notes, specifying that the creditor will receive regular interest payments for the term of the agreement and then receive the face amount of the bond....
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Financial Futures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity shows students how money invested at different interest rates grow differently. The lesson focuses on aspects of interest such as compounding, length of time between...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Continuous Compounding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students deal with financial computations, where the interest is compounded continuously. Depending on the length of each compounding period, students will determine the number of compounding periods.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Are You Interested in My Dream Car?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the computer and finance application to calculate interest and payments associated in purchasing their "Dream Car".
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Simple vs. Compound Interest Spreadsheeting the Difference

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that includes a PowerPoint learning module for students. The goal of the lesson is to learn the difference between simple and compound interest and to use the functions in Excel to perform the calculations and graph the data.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Emphasis

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete description of the term, "emphasis," with links to show how emphasis relates to art. Includes examples of work by Klimt, Demuth, and Minor.
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PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Credit Quandaries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Credit cards are not free money." Just how do credit cards work? This site provides a instructional activity in which learners investigate the lure of credit card companies, the pitfalls of credit debt, and the impact of credit debt on...
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Other

Resources for Implementation: Isabella's Credit Card

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A lesson plan in which young scholars use real-world problems to better understand the math involved in credit card purchases and interest payments.
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Interactive
Thinkport Education

Maryland Public Television: Sense and Dollars

For Students 9th - 10th
Engaging, fun tutorials and interactive games related to earning, spending, saving, and budgeting money.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Illustrating Multiple Positions to Reach Interests

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand how many positions might be expressed as a means of meeting a single interest, and that some positions may contain "hidden" interests.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Types of Conflict: Lesson 6

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the range of ways conflict can occur in the world. It is 6 of 7 in the series titled "Types of Conflict."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: What Is Conflict? Common and Practical Definitions: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand in a general sense the definition of conflict. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "What is Conflict? Common and Practical Definitions."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: When Interests Are Values: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that some interests may be expressions of a party's personal values, and that values cannot be mediated. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "When Interests are Values."
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp.3 Lincoln's Math Problem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The purpose of this task is for students to solve a multi-step problem involving simple interest. The Aligns with 7.RP.A.3. The task provides both a problem and the solution.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Interest (An Introduction)

For Students 6th - 8th
What is interest? What is the difference between simple interest and compound interest? Find the answers to these questions, learn how to calculate interest for a loan, and see how interest can help your money grow. Includes ten practice...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Simple Interest Equation to Find Interest Rate

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use the simple interest equation to find an interest rate. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos...