VIRTUAL BUSINESS PERSONAL FINANCE
Virtual Business Simulation−Personal Finance transforms your classroom by engaging students with an interactive experience. Students learn practical skills as they manage essential tasks from shopping to finding a job to investing. Using the Personal Finance Simulation, they develop the financial skills they need to enter the real world independently and with confidence. Students learn in a creative format what it takes to be successful in their everyday lives.
This simulation provides an array of lessons to match your unique curriculum.
Real teachers, real students, real classrooms
“I don’t teach a textbook generation, you know? The Knowledge Matters sims fit into teen culture. They make learning fun for the students, which obviously makes it even more fun for me.” Read more. Read More
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Lessons Include
- Budgeting & Saving
- Personal Banking
- Getting a Credit Card
- Fixing Your Credit
- Education & Advancement
- Using Online Banking
- Paying Your Taxes
- Intro to Investing
- Time Management and Health
- Finding a Job
- Finding an Apartment
- Buying a Car
- Shopping
- Risk vs. Return
- Diversification
- Investing for Retirement
- Buying a Home
- Insurance
- New Career Project
Student Testimonials
Cayden
Irondequoit High School
Cayden compares her experiences at a professional sport event to what she learned through the Knowledge Matters Virtual Simulations. She enjoyed seeing how what she learned applied in the real world. Cayden also explains how she is motivated to take her career in a certain direction thanks to the simulations.
Marley
Hoover High School
Marley describes how she was able to apply what she learned through the Knowledge Matters simulations to her retail experience working at Forever 21. The Simulations excite her about learning business through fashion and retail since that is something she is passionate about.
Nick
Hoover High School
Nick from Hoover High School uses the real life skills he learns through the Knowledge Matters simulations in his job at a restaurant and shares how they can prepare him for a future in business.
Mason
Hillsboro Deering High School
Mason shares how the Knowledge Matters Simulations helped him realize what career path he could take and how he can incorporate his love for sports in his future.