SCORE-Principles of Economics
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/grade12e/index.html
Click the "activities"
section for online lessons.
EcEdWeb, the Economic
Education Website
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teach.htm
The Economic Education
Website, whose goal is to provide support for economic education from K-12
to the college level, provides teacher guides, lesson plans, and activities.
Project GeoSim
http://geosim.cs.vt.edu/
EconEd Link-Lessons
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/
EduStock Simulation
http://portia.advanced.org/3088/simulation/simulation.html
Designed to give students
a better understanding of how the stock market is an integral part of their
everyday life and future security, this interdisciplinary project revolves
around an interactive stock market competition between classmates using
real-time stock market data from the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
Lemonade Stand
http://www.littlejason.com/lemonade/index.html
This fast paced supply
and demand simulation asks students to maximize the money made selling
lemonade based on weather conditions, per unit cost, per unit price, and
money spend on advertizing.
The Wall Street Journal
Classroom Edition
http://webserve.dowjones.com/classroom/index.html
This site introduces
the
The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition package and objectives,
but also has excerpts from its current edition, including detailed lesson
plans.
Stock Market Simulations
on the Web
http://catalog.socialstudies.com/c/@OpgeOj6JZAGKk/Pages/article.html?article@stocksims
EcEdWeb, the Economic
Education Website
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teach.htm
The Economic Education
Website, whose goal is to provide support for economic education from K-12
to the college level, provides teacher guides, lesson plans, and activities.
EduStock Simulation
http://portia.advanced.org/3088/simulation/simulation.html
Designed to give students
a better understanding of how the stock market is an integral part of their
everyday life and future security, this interdisciplinary project revolves
around an interactive stock market competition between classmates using
real-time stock market data from the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
MainXchange Internet Stock
Market Game
http://www.mainxchange.com/
This free game is a good
resource for students learning about finance and the stock market. Players
are able to access information on about 8,580 companies that are listed
on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ, and view their portfolios at anytime. People
can play as individuals, and schools can enter a team. A teacher's guide
is provided to assist in using the game in the classroom, and sponsoring
corporations will provide winning teams with prizes.
The Good News Bears Stock
Market Project
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEyellow/gnb.html
The EduStock Simulation
uses real-time accurate stock data (20 minutes delayed). Starting with
100,000 dollars you create your own portfolio. With it, you may buy and
sell any stock on the NYSE, NASDAQ, or AMEX. With each transaction, you
will not face a commissions charge, so that you are free to make as many
trades as you like, in order to enhance the learning aspect of the simulation
National Debt Simulation
http://garnet.berkeley.edu:6997/shortbudget.html
Players can decide how
to spend the nation’s budget.
ETrade Game
http://www.game.etrade.com
This stock market simulation
begins on the first of the month. Participants must register. Choose the
stock market game rather than the stock market game plus options. Players
may play in teams to buy and sell stock with a $100,000 limit. Trades cost
a flat $19.99. Players my check the stock history of any stock they are
interested in purchasing. This includes charts and past news reports. Make
sure that the players write down their player names and password in a safe
place.