Business & Math Classes
Get experience as an entrepreneur, an investor, a smart saver or a future math competition champion! Engaging weekly classes include Financial Literacy, Ice Cream Shop Entrepreneur, Investment and the Stock Market, Math Competition Training, Math of Money, Power of Data Analysis and Shark Tank Entrepreneur.
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Financial Literacy, Ages 11-14
Imagine learning about personal finance while playing the board game, The Game of Life. Each day, students will randomly "draw cards" to establish their life conditions that day (i.e. the salary they are earning, the number of children, etc.). They will embark on research, analysis and decision-making for assignments related to opening bank accounts, getting [...] -
Investment Literacy and Stock Market Game, Ages 11-14
This class allows students to apply skills in math, language arts and social studies to real world financial decisions. We use the Stock Market Game (TM) endorsed by the New York Stock Exchange. Students take part in the following steps: (1) Start with $100,000 in virtual cash and learn financial concepts like compound interest and [...] -
Lemonade Stand Entrepreneur, Ages 8-10
Take the challenge of creating a great lemonade stand business. Students will touch upon design, production (making the product), sales (selling the product), accounting (keeping track of the money), marketing (telling people about your product & business) and managing (organizing the business). Budding entrepreneurs will be developing their lemonade recipe, creating a product name, analyzing [...] -
Math Competition Training, Ages 11-14
This class was created to stimulate excitement for problem-solving. Students will be training for competition in the Math Olympiads by exploring the twelve problem-solving strategies recommended by Dr. George Lenchner, creator of the Math Olympiads. Mathletes will be taking math contests from prior years and even play Math Jeopardy! Students will be pumping their math [...] -
Math of Money, Ages 8-10
Students will take part in several scenarios where they apply their math skills to make the best decisions. In one scenario, they inherit a large sum of money and explore the topics of spending, saving, investing and taxes. In another scenario, they are planning a shopping trip in a foreign country and must convert currency, [...] -
Shark Tank Entrepreneur, Ages 11-14
Students play the role of young entrepreneurs as they start with the germ of an idea for a product and business and take it through the entire entrepreneurial process. Inspired by the TV show Shark Tank, our students will develop prototypes, formulate a business plan and devise a marketing strategy. Meanwhile, our teachers will provide [...] -
Youngster – Left Brain Mix, Ages 5-7
This class can be taken more than once. Students build different robot models and learn different math skills each week. Lego WeDo Robotics - Using the LEGO® Education WeDo™ Robotics Construction Set, the students are introduced to simple robotics through building models, attaching sensors and motors, and using a computer to program the model’s behavior. [...]
