An interactive Google Slides activity and printable guide that helps upper-elementary students practice distinguishing wants and needs, make budgeted choices, and explain their reasoning through scenarios and reflection prompts.
Interactive lesson built for upper-elementary students: combines a Google Slides game, teacher guide, and student worksheet to practice wants versus needs.
Two-part gameplay: a sorting round where items are classified by context, and a budgeting round where students use limited tokens to prioritize purchases.
Teacher Guide contains facilitation tips, discussion questions, implementation suggestions, and reflection prompts to push student thinking beyond right-or-wrong answers.
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From interactive games and hands-on challenges to engaging lesson activities, Kids4Tech's collection of classroom-ready resources help students develop the critical thinking, digital awareness, and real-world problem-solving skills they'll need to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Brought to you by Kids4Tech Kids4Tech knows that to be financially smart, AI‑savvy, and cyber‑safe, students need STEM. This interactive Google Slides activity is designed to help elementary learners think critically about spending and saving money.
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