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Budgeting

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students establish budgeting techniques.  In this Economics lesson, students work in small groups to prepare a budget for a simulation activity, purchasing new playground equipment.
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My Bank, My Budget, My Decisions!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners build a budget. In this philanthropy lesson, students write a personal budget that includes spending, saving, investing, and donating. Student philanthropists donate money to charities.
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Create a Budget

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students develop a budget spreadsheet to manage finances for their business.  In this finance lesson, students use a spreadsheet program to create a budget with credit and debit columns.  There are step-by-step directions for creating a...
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Learning About the Federal Budget: “Get a Pencil, You’re Tackling the Deficit!”

For Teachers 10th Standards
Your class members have been selected by the president to help solve the budget crisis as part of a special deficit commission. After learning about fiscal policy, economic theories, and the federal budget through a detailed PowerPoint...
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A Penny Saved

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Budgeting, net vs. gross pay, savings, and fees are all key elements of personal financing and essential for your class members to learn about as young adults.
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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Creating a Lifestyle Budget

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Using the practical resource, pupils view a PowerPoint and complete a KWL chart to learn all about budgeting. To finish, they create a budget based on their projected lifestyle profiles.
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What is the Importance of Developing Job Skills?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Financial literacy is the way to teach! The class works in small groups to discover the relationship between education and income level. They use their math and problem-solving skills to complete two different activities. They work out a...
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Budgeting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop a realistic budget. For this finance lesson, students discuss problems and issues related to making a budget. They focus on living within one's means.
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NASA

Earth’s Energy Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Take the time and energy learn about Earth's energy budget. An engaging unit of four lessons focuses on the components that make up Earth's energy budget. Future scientists come up with a formula for the energy budget, then use software...
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Council for Economic Education

Opportunity Cost

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The price of those new shoes involves more than just money! Individuals explore the concept of opportunity cost using a video clip and gratification discussions. They prepare a budget based off of their set of values in regards to...
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Shopping on a Budget

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Print some money with a resource on dollars and cents. Combined with a lesson plan about budgeting, the currency includes $1, $5, and $10 bills, coins of varying value, and a platinum credit card.
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Budget Mania

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine examples of budgets and explore the difficulties of living on a budget. The hands-on activity offers an opportunity to experience a real life application.
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Federal Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create, present, revise, and defend a Federal budget.
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Budgets: The Cost of Running a Planet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners develop a personal and planetary budget. They explore the "Spending Central" section of the ING website, discuss why we keep personal budgets, and in small groups complete a worksheet in which they create a budget for the planet.
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Budgeting Your Financial Resources (The Mint)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students plan and maintain balanced budgets.
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Budgeting

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore what butgeting means. In this mathematics instructional activity, students determine that certain things need to be part of a budget like food and clothing by answering real-life types of questions on whether one should...
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What's Our Department Budget?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health and examine a hospital budget. Learners will create a budget for a hospital taking in account factors such as staff and departmental needs and necessary...
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Budgeting: Vacation Planning

For Students 7th - 12th
In this vacation planning worksheet, students plan a vacation.  They determine the approximate cost of their vacation.  Students complete an itenrary and  graphic organizer to identify daily costs of the vacation.  This two-page...
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Making a Circle Graph of a Sample Budget

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine a sample budget and categorize the entries as a group. Then in small groups they convert budget category totals to percents and degrees to make a circle graph related to a sample budget.
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Tower Building Challenge- Budgeting

For Students 5th - 8th
In this tower building and budgeting learning exercise, students attempt to meet the goal of building the tallest free standing structure on the smallest budget. They build the structures with straw, paper clips, and masking tape which...
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Budget Hungry

For Teachers 2nd
Young elementary students create an expense budget for a meal at a restaurant. They learn the basic communication and etiquette skills needed to successfully go on a field trip to implement the budgets they created.
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Family Profile Record Sheet

For Students 6th - 7th
In this math instructional activity, students learn real world math applications for budgeting expenses in a simulated family. Kids make a family profile with profession choice and monthly income. Students then fill out detailed budgets...
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The Ultimate Classroom: R & D

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Redecorate a classroom on a budget. Middle schoolers rebuild a classroom after a disaster. They conduct Internet research to determine construction supplies needed and the most cost effective way to reach the predetermined results. They...
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Money Management Part I: Money and You: An Introduction to Money Management and Budgeting

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners discuss personal finance and create personal budgets. They discuss the importance of managing their money and how money management skills impact their future. Note: This lesson plan is intended for use with a SMART Board and...

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