Online Activities

Elementary and Middle School

• A.G. Edwards Big Money Adventures - Games and storybook adventures
  
• The Cereal Box Project - Create and market a new cereal
  
• The Euro Challenge - The High School Euro Challenge is an exciting educational opportunity developed specifically for high school students in Grades 9 and 10 to learn about the European Union (EU), the European economy and the euro.
  
• Escape From Knab - A Savings Game
  
• Global Grocery List - Students share local grocery prices to build a growing table of data to be used in social studies, science, health, mathematics, and other disciplines.
  
• Great Economists Treasure Hunt
  
• Kids Bank - Explore the fundamentals of banking
  
• MoneySkill - MoneySKILL is a free online reality based personal finance course for young adults developed by the AFSA Education Foundation. This interactive curriculum is aimed at the millions of high school and college students who graduate each year without a basic understanding of money management fundamentals.
  
• Moneyopolis - Show off your math and money skills as you complete to earn Xerbie another part to fix his spaceship and help him get home.
  
• Rich Kid, Smart Kid - Find teacher tips, online games, and audio downloads. Activities for kids include "Pay Yourself First", "Jesse's Ice Cream Stand", and "Reno's Debt Dilemma".
  
• Social Studies for Kids - Read articles, play games, join online clubs, and more. Addresses culture, economics, geography, and history.
  
• Stock Market Game - Invest a hypothetical $100,000 and track your portfolio online
  
• Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions - Kids Page
  
• Wise Pocket World - Children ages 5 through 9 learn to be better savers and wiser spenders.
  
• YoungInvestor.com - Find out cool ways to earn and save money
  
• Zooconomy - Acting as travel agents, middle-school students plan the trip of a lifetime deep into the rainforest.

High School

• CNN Money - Learn to save and invest in your teens
  
• Finance Comparison - Online Economics Learning Resources for Students
  
• Financial Literacy Activities for Teens - Tons of links to various topics concerning money
  
• Gen i Revolution - Developed for middle school and high school students, this online game gives your students the chance to learn important personal finance skills as they play and compete against fellow classmates. Free!
  
• LifeSmarts - The ultimate consumer challenge. LifeSmarts is an educational opportunity that develops the consumer and marketplace knowledge and skills of teenagers in a fun way and rewarding way. Free!
  
• The Mint - Have the feeling that you never have enough money? Or want to know how to make your money grow? Got anything saved up? You've come to the right place
  
• The National Financial Capability Challenge
  Challenges high school teachers and other educators to teach the basics of personal finance to their students, and rewards students, educators, schools, and states for their participation and their success.
  
• Practical Money Skills for Life - Buying a Car
  
• Road Trip to Savings - Meet the Challenges of four weeks on the road as you steer your way to financial literacy
  
• Sense and Dollars - Learn about earning, saving and spending. Calculate the cost of your dream prom!
  
• Stock Market Game - Invest a hypothetical $100,000 and track your portfolio online
  
• Young Money Magazine - Covering personal finance, investing, credit and debt, career and job, financial aid, and more.
  
• Young Investor Network - Discover smart ways to make money work for you and make your dreams come true.

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