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You'll usually find great educational resources at Thinkquest, a web-site-building competition for students, ages 12-19. Thinkquest's archives include pages designed by student teams on subjects as varied as alternative energy and astronauts, pirates and peacemaking, death and fractals. The searchable collection includes nearly 1,000 sites -- we searched for "investing" and found some winners. InvestSmart is a market simulation game that presents the basics of stocks and mutual funds. Different versions allow individual investors, classroom groups, and investment clubs to learn hands-on tr ading with virtual money. Currently, the Educator version is being used as a free
learning tool in thousands of classrooms. Another Thinkquest site, Investing for Kids aggregates personal finance resources for beginners, and offers a financial quiz, glossary, and calculators. You might also consider a visit to the stock exchanges' own web sites, including NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange, and scores of others worldwide. Daily market news and stock charts, useful for providing real-world examples, are freely available at Yahoo! Finance. Lastly, when gathering teaching information on the Web, remember the Ten C's for
Evaluating Internet Resources. Keep in mind the source of the content you're consulting, determine its credibility, and understand its reason for making information available to you.
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