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Teaching students about financial responsibility can be a challenge, use this activity to teach them about budgets and recording transactions, and registering information in a checking account. This is an old school exercise that will familiarize you with a check register. Simply put the items from the top list into the register as you think they should be. Check the answer sheet or with your teacher to see if you got the right balance. (Balancing your account these days is as simple as l

This is a worksheet that can serve as review or as a reading guide of sorts. The truncated definitions used in this puzzle can be challenging, so you can determine if your class would do well with an assignment like this. There is no lesson plan to accompany this worksheet. Its use is that straight forward. The first page of the attached PDF is the printable, and the second page is the teachers guide/answer sheet.

This is a three-part series of word search puzzles from the collection of personal finance resources. This word search puzzle is made up of 75 commonly used vocabulary terms in personal finance. Randomly selected from a group most-commonly studied terms, this fun word search puzzle is a great activator activity to get your day started! Challenge your students to find the terms in the puzzle. Answer key provided for each puzzle in the set.

This word search puzzle includes key terms related to the topics of reproduction, heredity, and evolution, which are commonly studied in 8th grade science. Use the word bank provided to find the words in the grid associated with these important concepts in biology. Words can be found in any direction; forward, backward, up and down, and diagonally. Good luck!

If you are familiar with teaching MS Excel, it can be a challenging proposition. Using some good quality vocabulary acquisition strategies. Being able to key on some prior knowledge, or to begin the process of discussing Excel with students can really make it easier. Using a Cloze procedure is a good way to get students talking and working together on the vocabulary you will need within Excel. A Cloze reading procedure is common in reading and writing activities, and can be used in just about an

What a fun throwback activity for a rainy day - or a vintage movie activity! This 80's trivia crossword puzzle makes the best of some of our all-time favorite movies. From Top Gun to The Goonies, this crossword is a good challenge for kids to find and answer, and even more fun for teachers to challenge each other. This PDF comes with a double-sided printable puzzle page, as well as an answer key and wordbank to check your work!

This short research activity requires students to compare and contrast the full cost of driving three different cars. Then, they have to compare different purchasing options for an iPhone. The desired result is to have students realize just how expensive some consumer purchases are. Plan to discuss these purchases at length. Hammer home the point that too many Americans make purchases without thinking about the difference between want and a need.

This crossword puzzle includes key terms related to the topics of reproduction, heredity, and evolution, which are commonly studied in 8th grade science. Use the clues provided to fill in the crossword grid with words that are associated with these important concepts in biology. This download contains one file, four pages - student printable puzzle, and the answer key with word bank. Good luck!

This is #1 in a three-part series of word search puzzles from the collection of personal finance resources. This word search puzzle is made up of 24 commonly used vocabulary terms in personal finance. Randomly selected from a group of over 100 terms, this fun word search puzzle is a great activator activity to get your day started! Challenge your students to find the terms in the puzzle. Answer key provided on page 2!

The timeboxing technique is a popular time management strategy used by individuals and teams to increase productivity and focus. It involves setting a specific time limit (a box of time) for completing a task or activity, then working within that time frame to achieve the desired outcome. Here are some steps to use timeboxing effectively: Define the task: Identify the project you want to complete or the activity you want to work on. It could be anything from writing an article, completing a proj

This crossword puzzle is a good review activity, seat work, group project, or study guide for an exam. The puzzle shown here has the printable page, the answer key, and the word bank terms list used in the puzzle. The terms list has some related terms, and terms associated with internet, networking and online research. As with many word bank pages, there are more terms that truly needed in the puzzle to get students to recall and study appropriate terms. A fun activity and a challenging puzzle.

This is a useful web activity in which you can reflect on their own future and use the "Occupational Handbook" at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to gather data on possible careers. INSTRUCTIONS - Print out the attached PDF file. Then reflect on jobs in which you might be interested. Ask the following questions: what classes do I enjoy the most? what am I really good at without trying? do my hobbies align with any careers? http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ - This link will take you to the Burea

How to choose a car you can afford! This team MS Excel project challenges students to figure out which car they can afford based on a number of criteria. They are challenged to create a spreadsheet using some sample data in Excel, then answer some questions to fill in the gaps. This exercise focuses on how to create a budget, analyze data, make connections, solve problems, investigate solutions and test theories. It works best as a team assignment, as many of the problems get difficult fairly qu

I'm excited to introduce you to the Time Box Worksheet, a revolutionary tool for students to manage their time effectively and efficiently. Have you ever struggled with managing your time while studying? Do you feel like you are always running out of time to complete your assignments or to study for exams? If yes, then the Time Box Worksheet is a perfect solution for you! The Time Box Worksheet is a simple and effective management technique that helps students break down their study tasks into m

This is a wonderful introduction into budgeting. Discuss your best guesses as to what things cost with your classmates, teachers, or parents. You will be paying bills sooner than you think. You'll be surprise how expensive life really is.

This quiz covers basics of Microsoft Excel use and icons. The vocabulary quiz has images embedded in it to highlight the changes your mouse goes through within the application that signals feature changes. The vocabulary used here is common to any general MS Excel instruction and is appropriate for most grade levels where Excel instruction takes place.

This is #3 in a three-part series of word search puzzles from the collection of personal finance resources. This word search puzzle is made up of 24 commonly used vocabulary terms in personal finance. Randomly selected from a group of over 100 terms, this fun word search puzzle is a great activator activity to get your day started! Challenge your students to find the terms in the puzzle. Answer key provided on page 2!

This is #2 in a three-part series of word search puzzles from the collection of personal finance resources. This word search puzzle is made up of 24 commonly used vocabulary terms in personal finance. Randomly selected from a group of over 100 terms, this fun word search puzzle is a great activator activity to get your day started! Challenge your students to find the terms in the puzzle. Answer key provided on page 2!

For many of our high school students, simply reflecting on what their own individual goals for the future are - is a significant challenge. Let alone the fact that many of them lack the right questions to ask about their future. This worksheet can help focus your questions, research and provoke thought and discovery. This exercise will ask you to REFLECT on who you are and what talents you have. You also have to imagine some possible futures. Please try to take these activities seriously. A