Savings Quest Game - Grades 5 - 9 - permalink
This practical and inventive website presents students with a fictional budget. Students can choose their "character" and career. Then students choose the type of living space they wish to rent, what short term goal they would like to save towards (for example, a new computer or vacation), how much money they need each month for entertainment and food, and other NEEDS or WANTS. Students are also presented with the choice of 4 careers (Copy Editor, Accountant, Detective, or Archaeologist). After students have made their choices, the game of "Life" begins. Students are presented with their monthly work task (for example the copy editor needs to correct everyday grammar mistakes). This continues for six months, as students work towards their short term savings goal. The career choices turn this website into an opportunity for grammar, math, science, and geography practice. This website does require Flash. [
www.mysavingsquest.com]
Forwarded from TeachersFirst (http://www.teachersfirst.com/)
by BJ Berquist
bjb@tappedin.org