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In this 5 day Flex Stock Market course , students will  work together to create and manage a virtual investment portfolio of real world stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Students will be given $100,000 in virtual cash to begin investing / trading stocks.  Each student is responsible for researching and evaluating potential investments. Students will make decisions on whether to buy, sell, or hold the stocks, funds, and bonds in the portfolio they have created.

Lesson 1 / Day 1 -  Introduction
What is the stock market
How does the market work, setting up your account to play the stock market game.
Market vocabulary
Strategies on how to pick a stock

Lesson 2 / Day 2 - How to Read a Stock Quote
Stock performance of your trading
Identifying Ticker Symbols and Interpreting Stock Quotes
Market Vocabulary
Historic Chart Reading
Historic Tables associated with the charts
Current events that affect  stock market prices

Lesson 3 / Day 3 - Understanding Market Cap, BETA, PE Ratio, EPS, Dividend & Yield Percentage
Stock performance of your trading
What causes stock prices to Change?
Buy, Sell, or hold?
Market Vocabulary
Historic Chart Reading
Historic Tables associated with the charts
Current events that affect  stock market prices

Lesson 4 / Day 4 - Portfolio Diversification
Stock performance of your trading
What is a risk? - Portfolio Diversification
Market Vocabulary
Historic Chart Reading
Historic Tables associated with the charts
Current events that affect  stock market prices
Students will evaluate their overall stock performance during the game and present it to the class.

Lesson 5 / Day 5 - Evaluation of Stock Market Portfolio - Reflection
Stock performance of your trading
Portfolio Diversification Evaluation
Market Vocabulary
Historic Chart Reading
Historic Tables associated with the charts
Current events that affect  stock market prices
Students will evaluate their overall stock performance during the game and present it to the class.

How is your class structured?
My class is structured to be a stress free, fun, and interactive learning environment to accommodate different learning styles and abilities.  

How will you teach?
I will teach using slide presentation, interactive games and discussion for question and answer sessions.

What's your teaching style?
I believe that every child learns differently.  I do my best to accommodate individual learning styles.  

How much will learners get to interact with you and each other (mention specifics like: lecture, games, slides, video clips, discussion)? 
I  teach with guiding the students in discussion, visual aids and hands on activity. Students will have the opportunity to interact and discuss with other classmates with answering the weekly discussion.  I will engage students in a classroom discussion question weekly. I will discuss the questions in the classroom. 

Any required experience or knowledge learners need? 
No prior knowledge is needed.