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Practical Money Skills

Cars and Loans

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Most teenagers want to buy a car, but do they know how much it really costs? Calculate the cost of purchasing a car, securing auto insurance, and maintaining the new investment with a thorough and engaging personal finance lesson. 
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Road Rules: Researching and Buying a Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do the loan principal, interest rate, and term all factor into a monthly car payment? Introduce your class to some of the key steps and considerations of obtaining a loan and purchasing a car.
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Find The Best Car

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Consider how to use consumer reports to review performance, price, reliability and safety information about specific cars. Young learners review how life styles and economics affect car choices. They then find solutions for car-buying...
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Buying My First Car Worksheet 3

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students create a spreadsheet for the different costs of the purchase of a car and use the information to answer 3 questions.
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Buying a Car

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Pupils complete the PLATO ¿¿ Educational Software lesson: Math Problem Solving: Car Costs to determine if he/she can afford to drive the car they are planning to buy.
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Dream Big: Money and Goals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Whether their objective is independent living, going to college, or buying a car, pupils will participate in discussions and complete worksheets to gain an understanding of how short- and long-term goals play a large role in helping...
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Oil Lesson Plan- Automobile Insurance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the importance of having car insurance and the effects of not having it in the case of an accident. They use an internet website to participate in different activities. Students conduct research while answering...
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Insurance Quotes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
You're in high school and you just got the coolest car ever! But, now you need to start thinking about car insurance. Luckily, your teacher prepared you by engaging you in a life skills lesson like this one. The class actually calls...
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Buying a New Car

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students locate and compare the costs and options available of three comparable compact, midsize, or luxury automobiles. They utilize websites and a worksheet imbedded in this plan.
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Cars: Math, Research, Economics, Loans

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate what the purchasing of a car entails. They explore car criteria and financing options.
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Needs and Wants

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the difference between needs and wants. In this consumption lesson, students illustrate their needs and wants and discuss their own reasons for buying things. They also discuss the connection between their choices and...
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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine how driving a hybrid car can save money and cut down on pollution.  In this hybrid vehicles activity students complete an exercise that shows them how to work with proportions, percents, dimensional analysis and linear...
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Making Decisions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify three decisions they are trying to make, and use decision-making process sheet to work through one of the decisions they have identified.
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Budgeting Your Financial Resources

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the aspects of making a budget. In this money management lesson, students learn the importance of budgeting and what all goes into creating a budget by eventually creating a budget of their own including how much they...
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War on Waste

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take a closer look at food waste. In this global studies lesson, students perform a waste audit at their school and institute a lunchbox challenge to reduce food waste. Students may also complete the extension activities.
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Triangle Triage

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students will use components to make a balanced decision. They will be able to rationalize their own decisions while understanding the perspectives of others. They will then develop criteria to quantify their decisions.