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Activities for all grade levels: "Welcome to the Hands on Banking® program! Want to take charge of your own finances and reach your goals? Just pick your age group and get started! Whether you want to build your credit, your investments, or your own small business; invest in the market, a home, or higher education; shop for a loan, buy a car, or open your first bank accounts, the Hands on Banking program offers all the basic money tools, skills, and information you need."

Importance of learning computer programming

Over 33,000 educational videos organized according to subject area and then further organized by subtopic. Videos are vetted by educators.

"The fun, safe, free way to learn the stock market."

Terrific review games for all subject areas. Select from a library of games or create your own.

Students "run" a coffee shop. They must purchase inventory according to their budget, then determine the recipe & cost of the coffee. At the end of the day, they receive results of how much profit/loss they experienced as well as feed back on how well their coffee was liked.

Create an ebook from a group of webpages. Send to Kindle, iPad/iPod, or download as an epub (for Nooks and other readers).

2,100 math, science & finance videos with interactive practice questions. Bill Gates has "adopted" the Kahn Academy and donated money toward its development. The videos explain basic concepts of a variety of subjects in 10 to 12 minutes. The point seems to be that the basic idea or function is explained in a concise, focused manner.