A 45-minute lesson exploring ratios and unit rates through a pizza delivery lens, featuring bilingual English/Spanish support and tiered activities for diverse learners.
Exploration of fixed vs. variable expenses. Students categorize potential purchases as needs or wants and record their first week of planned spending.
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A 50-minute lesson for undergraduate marketing students exploring the concept of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) through the lens of YouTube's history and its first uploaded video.
A 45-minute lesson on ratios and unit rates using real-world pizza pricing. Students explore concepts through visual models, partner work, and tiered practice in both English and Spanish.
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This lesson introduces business students to the concept of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) through the historical lens of YouTube's first-ever upload, challenging them to prioritize core functionality over perfection.
Teaches students how to record transactions and maintain a running balance using a simple ledger.
Students differentiate between essential expenses and discretionary spending to prioritize financial health.
Students navigate weeks three and four of the simulation, encountering unexpected costs and learning to prioritize needs over wants.
Students learn the mechanical skill of tracking money by maintaining a simple transaction log. They practice data entry and basic arithmetic to keep a running balance of a fictional account.
Navigating financial curveballs. Students adjust their budgets to account for unexpected costs like library fines or gifts while maintaining their savings goals.
A culminating project where students create a budget to reach a specific savings goal while managing weekly expenses.
Students act as digital archaeologists to analyze 'Me at the zoo,' the first YouTube video, as a primary historical source, exploring how digital artifacts reflect their era and influence the global economy.
A fun and engaging math lesson for 4th graders featuring llama-themed word problems that cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and multi-step reasoning.
A fun and engaging math lesson for 4th graders centered around word problems themed with llamas, covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
A 2nd-grade math lesson where students identify U.S. coins and calculate their total value through video instruction and a hands-on coin rubbing activity.
Students differentiate between income and expenses and learn to categorize fixed and variable spending using a 'Mystery Wallet' simulation.
An engaging 4th-grade lesson combining biology and economics through the lens of llama farming. Students explore llama anatomy and care while applying mathematical skills to manage a virtual llama farm budget.
Students analyze potential purchases to determine which items are essential (needs) and which are optional (wants). Through a limited-budget simulation, they practice making difficult spending decisions.
Mid-month data analysis. Students review their spending trends and forecast their future balance to ensure they stay on track for their big savings goal.
Introduction to income and expenses. Students set up their personal transaction ledgers and record their starting balances for the four-week simulation.
Students define income and expenses and practice the foundational skill of recording transactions in a ledger to maintain a running balance.