Curated OER
Biotechnology Projects and Writing Assignments
High schoolers research a subject about biotechnology and do a project or a writing assignment on it. They can pick from a possible eighteen different projects and five different writing projects.
Curated OER
Equivalent Decimals
Students develop strategies to find equivalent decimals. For this equivalent decimals lesson, students participate in a variety of decimal games to find equivalent decimals.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Depression and War: Stock Market Crash of 1929 [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" designed to help learners understand the stock market crash of 1929. They will examine how people got rich in the 1920s (by buying stocks on margin)...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Stock Market & Finance
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 26 words pertaining to the Stock Market & Finance. It also provides an extensive vocabulary word list for the Stock Market and finance and ideas for lesson plans.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Stock Market Price History
Each of us seek to make wise investment decisions that will make our money grow. Unfortunately, we cannot predict the future, but the past can give us a window to understanding the risks and rewards of investing in the stock market. This...
Other
Nerd Wallet: Beginners Tips for Evaluating Stock Performance
Easy to understand explanation of how to judge how individual stocks are performing, and which ones might be the best investments for specific buyers.
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: What Is a Stock? Or, Who Owns Mc Donald's?
Lesson plan from the University of Omaha where the young scholars will be able to understand what a stock is.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Nyse Made Easy
This lesson will help students to understand the terms that are associated with the New York Stock Exchange. It will also help students to read a stock market report found in any major newspaper or online.
Next Gen Personal Finance
Next Gen Personal Finance: Investing Data Crunch
Data Crunches feature one chart or graph followed by five scaffolded questions to guide students through analyzing the data and drawing conclusions. These sets of data help students understand investment concepts.
Careers New Zealand
Kiwi Careers: Livestock Agent
This site provides good beginning information about the job, but with the understanding that the specific information such as salary, etc., is from New Zealand. Use the navigation bar on the left to see more information.