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CalcEnstein - Blaine Hilton

Grades 5 to 12

Looking for different types of calculators? Find them on this interesting site. Choose a button on the calculator corresponding to the subject. Examples of subjects include Medicine, Algebra, Weather, Phonics, Financial, HVAC, Engineering, Weather, and Rocketry to name a few. After the subject is chosen, click on a formula to enter values. Some of the topics offer reference information, not calculations. This is definitely an interesting site to peruse.
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In the Classroom:
There are many different calculators for students to explore as ways to apply math in real world situations. For example, choose weather and then wind chill. Enter the information and wind chill will be calculated. Enter the information, view the calculated answer, and then have students determine how it is actually calculated. This site is a great find for gifted students to use to further investigate specific topics beyond your “regular” classroom content. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students work with a partner to explore various “buttons” on this interactive calculator. Have the groups create multimedia presentations to share their findings or demonstrate them on the whiteboard as advertisements or infomercials! Have students create online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Project Poster (reviewed here or PicLits (reviewed here.

Jump$tart Financial Smarts for Students - Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy

Grades 7 to 12

Help students develop personal financial literacy as a real-world connection to your curriculum. At this site, teens take a quiz to find out their background, financial needs, and monthly expenditures. The next page shows users how much money they need to earn to fulfill just their basic needs. The calculator breaks the amount needed to earnings per hour times how many hours per week they'd need to work. It also displays a breakdown of what types of employment would yield the desired amount. Of course, the site also shows that the more educated one is, the better the wages.
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In the Classroom:
Have students navigate the quiz and scenarios on laptops or in a lab-- or even as homework-- as part of you unit on life after high school or career planning. There is more teacher information and an explanation of standards available in the drop-down menus.

Teen Consumer Scrapbook - Washington State Attorney General

Grades 9 to 12

This site, written by high school students, is packed with good consumer information for teenagers. There is information about buying goods and services, managing money and credit, buying a car, renting an apartment, and being a smart consumer. It's well written, concisely presented, and easy to navigate.
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In the Classroom:
There are teacher resources included: flashcards, worksheets and quizzes. This site would be a great self-directed unit for a class on economics, personal finance or life skills. The information would be accessible to less academically-oriented students.

We Seed - We Seed

Grades 6 to 12

Teachers First Edge review: for slightly adventurous technology users. Play an actual stock market without investing any money. This site is an incredible way to learn how the markets operate, to increase knowledge with actual play on this site with fake money, and to share information and knowledge with others. Login requires personal information including email and birth date. Click on "For educators" to learn how to create a private classroom group for your students. Use the free online lesson plans, teacher guides, and newsletters to assist you in using this site.
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Skills required: Managing set-up and verification of online accounts as well as assisting students in starting their account is a must. Once your account is verified, begin by choosing the amount of starting capital. Click on "Create a Group" and choose closed, moderated, or open group. It may be a good idea to choose a closed group for your classroom. Add a group name, teacher/school/class information, as well as a group code that the students will use. By using a private group, students will have twenty-four hours to verify an email address. They will be able to use their account until that is done. Consider using a gmail account and create up to twenty sub-accounts. Here is a blog post that tells how.

Safety/Security: You may allow students to self-register, but be sure to keep a written record of their passwords for when they “forget.” It may be worth your time to do advanced registration for your younger students. Click on the technology links (under Educator resources) including the "Classroom configuration" and "Technology requirements" for practical advice on using with a classroom. The educator's FAQ's offer great help in answering questions for using in a classroom. Within the group, you can compare performance and comment on each other. Be sure to advise students as to appropriate commenting and use of the site.

Classroom use: Financial understanding of the markets is more important today than ever. Use in an economics, math, or business class for greater understanding of what shapes the world markets. Students can also become aware of the different international, economic, environmental, and political forces that affect the world markets. Student can make predictions of top and poor performers for the future and new markets that may exist in the next decade. Why not start a class Stocks Wiki with student analysis of their stock choices? Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries – check out the Teacher’s First Wiki Walk-Through reviewed here.

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