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AATM 2011Math Through Project-Based
Learning Projects
Presenter: Jennifer Marquez
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How BizWorld Helps Teachers Help Students
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•Integrates business, entrepreneurship and finance as students start, fund, and run a company in a simulated real-world environment
•Companies create revenue stream, deduct expenses, experience profit/loss, formulate income statement, and value company
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BizWorld Program Framework
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BizWorld Currency
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Financial Vocabulary
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BizWorld Jobs
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BizWorld Job Application
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Raising Capital
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BizWorld Design
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BizWorld Manufacturing
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BizWorld Marketing
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BizWorld Sales
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BizWorld Finance
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Real-World Math
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Don’t forget rent and salaries!
Rent: $1BB per company
Salary: $1BB per employee
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Math Skills Development in Context
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How a Bank Makes Money
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Pricing Worksheet
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Volunteer Opportunities
• Company Advisors
• State Government
• Venture Capitalist
• Store Keeper
• Banker
• Shoppers
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Fundraising Opportunities
Jen’s Story
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MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL USES BIZWORLD TO RAISE MONEY FOR
JAPAN DISASTER RELIEFRedwood City - April 27, 2011
“Teaching BizWorld will rank in my top 5 experiences of being a teacher. The program is easy to use, exciting to teach and allows my students to learn in a way that they have never
done before…To be able to give students a learning experience that is fun, educational and applicable to their real life has been an amazing experience as a teacher.”
-Jennifer Bruzzone, 6th grade teacher
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BROOK FOREST ELEMENTARY BUSINESS PROJECT SUPPORTS JAPAN RELIEF
By Steve Schering Contributor, Chicago Sun Times May 17, 2011
Fourth graders invest in third graders’ companies.
“It’s a little harder than I thought,” third grade student and Best Beads President Maggie Huber said. “We first had to see if the fourth grade wanted to invest in us and then we made the bracelets. We want to at least make $1,000 to pay back our loans and invest in next year’s class.”
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• 3-8th Grade
• 10-15 hours to implement
• Aligned to standards
• Project-based
• Real-world math
• Naturally differentiated
• Interdisciplinary
• 21st Century skills
• Classroom/After School/Summer School
• Effective for all students
• Remedial, gifted, at-risk (RTI)
• Character education
• Career connections (CTE)
• Special education
• English learners
• Engages community members/parents
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