School programs

Teachers: Book your class for these staff-led programs.

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All About Money

Virtual program: Get your students talking about money with this lively and interactive virtual classroom presentation.

Inflation Busters

Onsite program: How do you plan for the future when you don’t know what things will cost? Join the fight against inflation in Inflation Busters, a game-based program for students. Who knew learning about monetary policy could be fun? We did!

Surprise, It's Money!

Onsite program: See and touch an amazing array of objects that have served as money at one time or another.

Trading Planets

Onsite program: Travel to planet Plutopia on a trade mission with your students. Once there, you will see that trading goods without a common currency poses some serious problems. Trading Planets uses interactive, game-based learning to teach about trade, currency, and supply and demand.