Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Cfpb: Contrasting Long Term and Short Term Savings Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn the difference between short-term and long-term savings goals and apply their knowledge in an exercise-oriented game.
Article
Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Goal Setting

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you in the process setting goals for your future? Explore the Amby goal setting resources to assist in setting goals for finding a job.
Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Setting a Smart Savings Goal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss short-term and long-term goals and what makes a goal SMART. They then create their own short-term savings goal and make an action plan to meet that goal.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Connect: Supercharge Your Goals

For Students 9th - 10th
Trying challenging things is the best way to grow your brain. At the end of this activity, students will be able to make SMART goals that can help guide growth.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Setting Goals

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders solve problems requiring decimal division in this task about setting financial goals. Aligns with 6.NS.B.3.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Plans and Goals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Planning is essential to financial success. For this lesson, students will define the word "budget" and identify the three key components associated with creating a budget, evaluate wants versus needs, and demonstrate an understanding of...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Football for Kids: How to Kick a Field Goal

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn how to kick a field goal in football. Place kickers must be accurate and consistent.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Goal Keeper and the Plutocrat by p.g. Wodehouse

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat" by P.G. Wodehouse about the drama of love, football, and politics.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Goals

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Booker T. Washington's plea for white support of black enterprise and W. E. B. Dubois's response are provided within this resource, in addition to a summary of their positions.
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Other

Finance Authority of Maine: Manage: Making Your Money Work

For Students 9th - 10th
PDF with ten sections that help students set financial goals, track expenses, and create plans to manage their expenses to help their future selves.
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Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Effective Scheduling: Planning to Make the Best Use of Your Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning how to make the best use of your time can become easier with a daily planner. Discover how to set daily attainable goals to minimize stress levels by using a tool best suited to your lifestyle.
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Other

Critical Reading: Inference and Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines inference and analysis. It explains how analysis works, goals of analysis, levels, bases, and how to analyze text. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 textual evidence and inferences, RI.11-12.1 textual evidence and...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: You Can Do It!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson intended to motivate and inspire students. Students view a brief motivational video linked in the lesson plan and discuss ways students can overcome obstacles in order to reach their goals. [3:44]
Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Storing My Savings

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read descriptions of common places to store their money and weigh the benefits and risks of each to decide which one(s) fit their financial goals.
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: 31 Writing Prompts for the New Year

For Students K - 1st Standards
These 31 new year writing prompts will inspire your students to reflect on the past year, set realistic goals and resolutions, and look ahead to a bright future to make 2022 even more successful!
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Live Wire Media

Good Character: Cooperation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teamwork requires you to cooperate with other people. Learn how to be cooperative and work in group settings at home and at school. This website includes activity ideas through which young students can practice their teamwork skills with...
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Electric Hockey

For Students 9th - 10th
Play hockey with electric charges. Place charges on the ice, then hit start to try to get the puck in the goal. View the electric field. Trace the puck's motion. Make the game harder by placing walls in front of the goal. This is a clone...
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Donald Clark

Big Dog, Little Dog: Leading and Leadership

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A comprehensive study of leadership and its many facets. Explore the 6 steps of goal setting: vision, goals, objectives, tasks, timelines and followup. Learn how to inspire, train and coach those you are leading, and read about...
Website
Donald Clark

Big Dog, Little Dog: Leading and Leadership

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A comprehensive study of leadership and its many facets. Explore the 6 steps of goal setting: vision, goals, objectives, tasks, timelines and followup. Learn how to inspire, train and coach those you are leading, and read about...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: The Biomechanics of Pitching

For Students 9th - 10th
The goal of this sports science fair project is to learn more about the biomechanics of baseball pitching. The student will investigate if stepping forward and the length of the step affects the speed of the pitch. The Science Buddies...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
In this course Professor David Blight explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877 through twenty-seven video lectures. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Toxic Trees: Just How Toxic Is That Black Walnut Tree?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The goal of this plant biology science fair project is to make and test an herbicide made from the leaves of the black walnut tree and investigate the toxicity of black walnut trees.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Are You in Hot Water? Use Solar Energy to Heat Your Own Water

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The goal of this science fair project is to build batch solar collectors from different colors of plastic bags and see which collector is the most efficient in heating water.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Water Float on Water?

For Students 6th - 8th
Of course it can, you say: ice is water and ice floats. And you're right. But we're talking about water in the liquid phase Can liquid water float on water? The goal of this project is to investigate what happens to layers of water with...