Friday, October 25, 2013

Stock Market Simulation WebQuest

Use you worksheet to do the eTextbook goals, Stock Market activities on the Dow and NASDAQ, and then you can play the simulations.
 
Simulation I [Only works on some school computers]
1. Click here and make sure that it opens in another window.
2. Read the introduction and then click on "Trade Traditional Stocks"
3. (You don’t need to update the Shock player. Don't update. If you have trouble, let me know.)
4. Buy stock in Duke, YeeeeeHaw.com, the Electric Co, and hypercola in any combination.
5. You don’t need to spend all of your money right away and you can buy and sell with each turn.
6. Hit the “two week advance” button.
7. Click on the "news flash" option, read and evaluate. Then buy and sell stock.
8. Repeat step 6.
How'd you do? Record your percent return on your worksheet.

If you've mastered the first one and have time, try your hand at this one. It's more complex and has a variety of scenarios. It also uses real company stock for examples.

How'd you do? Record your percent return on your worksheet.

Bonus question:
Was the 1929 crash the biggest stock market crash in U.S. history? It depends on how you measure but there's some interesting info here.
If you still have time, check out the Golden Age of Radio WebQuest.

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