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Teach kids about money

How do we make this real?

Turn a familiar choice into a short investigation and printable activity.

  1. Choose one question

    Pick a calculator activity that fits the learner’s math level. Use fictional household numbers and read the teacher guide first.

    Choose a calculator lesson
  2. Try a business role

    Make five decisions, keep your first run, then replay another path. Compare the evidence and explain which tradeoff you would make differently.

    Play and compare business decisions
  3. Investigate real evidence

    Compare housing markets using dated public data. Ask the learner to make a claim, cite evidence and name a limitation.

    Open the housing investigation
  4. Build the foundations

    Connect the activity to lessons on interest, trade-offs, supply and demand, or inflation. Finish with a short explanation in the learner’s own words.

    Explore the free economics course

Your teach kids about money takeaway

A completed response sheet with a claim, supporting evidence and a limitation, plus the teacher guide.

Record the tool, scenario name and preparation date alongside each finding. Include a source date when using published observations.

Before the next step

Typed answers stay in this tab and disappear when you leave. Use fictional information for student activities. Print or save a PDF to keep the worksheet.

Calculator reports capture the numeric inputs used for each result. Add those reports to this worksheet; the separate tools do not automatically transfer entries between them. Publisher sources and dates appear on the relevant tool or lesson.