Q1 Game of Life: Introduction
INTRODUCTION
It is time to start investigating what the future has in store for you! In this Quest, you will try your hand at managing a budget and visit the Claim Your Future website where you can look at different career options, the average costs and earnings for those careers, and how that can impact budget choices in your future!
I CAN STATEMENTS
- explain the different ways in which career choices impact finances
- make smart budgetary decisions
- create a balanced monthly budget based on a career salary
Discussion Questions to think about while you are playing the video:
What three main categories should your budget be split into?
What are examples of needs and wants?
Budgeting 101: Needs vs. Wants (2:46 min.)
Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections or artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions
6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations
Websites and Documents
Websites
Videos from Outside Sources
21t4s Documents & Quizzes