Dollars & Sense Simulation Software The Lifestyle Series
Dollars & Sense Simulation Software The Lifestyle Series
Teach your students financial literacy
The updated Dollars & Sense Series has everything you need to help teach your students how to make positive financial decisions and live in the real world.
Each of the ten titles in this outstanding series includes the following activities for your students:
- A tutorial with integrated questions
- A unique, real-life simulation
- A math challenge with 4 levels
- Creative writing assignments
- A trivia game with 5 categories
- A careers exploration
- Video presentation & games
- A comprehensive glossary
Dollars & Sense: The Lifestyle Series
Five comprehensive software titles that help teach your students the ins and outs of living on their own.
You get: Cars, Clothing, Food, Housing and Insurance
Dollars & Sense Cars © 2009 | |
Dollars & Sense Clothing © 2009 You get all the Dollars & Sense activities, plus Fads and Fashions — a simulation in which students will view clothing in a variety of stores and buy what fits their needs, tastes and budget. As they shop, the program will create a summary of what they bought in each store, what it cost including sales tax and if they paid with cash or credit. | |
Dollars & Sense Food © 2009 You get all the Dollars & Sense activities, plus Eating Smart — a simulation in which students must eat three meals a day over a one-week period. They can eat at home or at dozens of restaurants from fast food to fine dining and stay within their budget or they'll find some surprises along the way. | |
Dollars & Sense Housing © 2009 You get all the Dollars & Sense activities, plus For Rent and For Sale — simulations where your students will learn what it takes to buy or rent a place of their own. They’ll view available properties, compare financing and shop for homeowner’s insurance. When they’ve made their choices, they’ll close the deal by signing the lease or the mortgage. | |
Dollars & Sense Insurance © 2009 You get all the Dollars & Sense activities, plus Getting Covered — a simulation in which students have to choose the correct types of insurance for the real-life scenario they're assigned. Will they buy the right protection for the emergencies they'll be facing? |
Windows Vista/Windows 7
1 GHz 32 BIT (x86) or 64 BIT (x64) processor
1 GB of system memory
DirectX 9 graphics support
Older Windows Systems
Windows 98, Pentium II, 64MB
Windows 2000, Pentium III, 128MB
Windows XP, Pentium III, 128MB
Mac OS X
Power Macintosh G3 processor or higher
128 MB RAM or higher
Classic Mac OS
Power Macintosh G3 processor or higher
64 MB RAM or higher