The Wall Street Challenge
In this unit, fifth grade students learned about investing and the stock market! Using the Wall Street Survivor website, students worked in teams to invest $100,000. They worked collaboratively to make decisions about how to best their invest their money. Students researched stocks using newspapers and websites, talked strategy, and competed with their classmates to see who could earn the most money by the end of the unit! Scroll down to check out the Wall Street Survivor Leaderboard, and see how our investments fared over the course of six weeks! Read student testimonials to find out what they learned from this real world unit!
So FiFTH GRADERS, WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THIS UNIT?
JJ112= $102,043.72
Jacob and Josiah- This was a very good experience for us. We learned a lot about the stock market. Even though that we were share holders dealing with fake money, we still got super anxious and worried and basically checked the stock at least every hour. It was very interesting to learn about some of the history of the stock market. One example is when the stock market crashed in 1929 and it basically started one of the worst events of in the history of the United States of America. This really was fun and we learned a lot.
If you are hoping to get cash for that dream car or jumbotron we know you want we can help you. You should get some stock. When you buy stock and the price of the stock goes up you get some dough. Then when that awesome stock is high you can sell it and get more money.$$$$$$. Stock is a share of a company. What we did is invested our dough in blue chip stocks and as they went up we Got $$$$$$$$. a blue chip stock is one of the top 30 companies that won't go down increasingly. In conclusion stock can help you get some dough for your dream car and jumbotron.
Jacob and Josiah- This was a very good experience for us. We learned a lot about the stock market. Even though that we were share holders dealing with fake money, we still got super anxious and worried and basically checked the stock at least every hour. It was very interesting to learn about some of the history of the stock market. One example is when the stock market crashed in 1929 and it basically started one of the worst events of in the history of the United States of America. This really was fun and we learned a lot.
If you are hoping to get cash for that dream car or jumbotron we know you want we can help you. You should get some stock. When you buy stock and the price of the stock goes up you get some dough. Then when that awesome stock is high you can sell it and get more money.$$$$$$. Stock is a share of a company. What we did is invested our dough in blue chip stocks and as they went up we Got $$$$$$$$. a blue chip stock is one of the top 30 companies that won't go down increasingly. In conclusion stock can help you get some dough for your dream car and jumbotron.
Team Wizard Cactus= $101,885.90
Owen and Liam- We learned that the quote, "Buy low, sell high" is very useful and is self-explanatory! To add, lets talk about indexes such as the Dow 30 and the NASDAQ which are websites that track the latest moves and events of the stocks. They show the top stocks, good for buying in the future stocks, and gainers and losers! Next, any prediction could easily change and cannot be fully known. An example of that is when we had bought Sprint, we had no way of knowing what was going to happen. We had thought it was going to fly up, but in return it went down which we had not predicted! Second to last, there are always risks for your every move and buy or sell. Lastly, have fun in the stock market!
P.S., We have some advice for future stock marketing...1, If your gonna buy a stock, buy more then less because more means more money if the stock goes up! 2, Blue Chip stocks are always good to buy because they rarely go down but don't go up much (they are safe) 3(Lastly), The quote, "buy low, sell high" is very useful in buying and selling. If you have a stock that you bought low and is at it's peak, sell it for money! Peace out y'all!
Owen and Liam- We learned that the quote, "Buy low, sell high" is very useful and is self-explanatory! To add, lets talk about indexes such as the Dow 30 and the NASDAQ which are websites that track the latest moves and events of the stocks. They show the top stocks, good for buying in the future stocks, and gainers and losers! Next, any prediction could easily change and cannot be fully known. An example of that is when we had bought Sprint, we had no way of knowing what was going to happen. We had thought it was going to fly up, but in return it went down which we had not predicted! Second to last, there are always risks for your every move and buy or sell. Lastly, have fun in the stock market!
P.S., We have some advice for future stock marketing...1, If your gonna buy a stock, buy more then less because more means more money if the stock goes up! 2, Blue Chip stocks are always good to buy because they rarely go down but don't go up much (they are safe) 3(Lastly), The quote, "buy low, sell high" is very useful in buying and selling. If you have a stock that you bought low and is at it's peak, sell it for money! Peace out y'all!
Team Flying Rainbows= $100,626.84
Muriel and Isabela- We first learned to buy low and sell high. We found that the stock market is very fluctuant and you can never predict what will happen. Your stocks may be up but there's no telling when it will go down. An important event we learned that included stock marketing was The Great Depression. Before The Great Depression, came The Roaring Twenties which consisted of fun (and flappers!). People started spending much money after W.W.ll in the stock market and started owing debt. This led to a stock market crash because banks weren't getting money from people who couldn't pay debt. This was called the Great Depression because people lost their jobs and even their homes, which lead to depression. This lesson taught us about how fluctuate the stock market is. Overall, we enjoyed learning about the stock marketing and had great fun in this unit. You should try stock marketing and see the benefits from companies.
Muriel and Isabela- We first learned to buy low and sell high. We found that the stock market is very fluctuant and you can never predict what will happen. Your stocks may be up but there's no telling when it will go down. An important event we learned that included stock marketing was The Great Depression. Before The Great Depression, came The Roaring Twenties which consisted of fun (and flappers!). People started spending much money after W.W.ll in the stock market and started owing debt. This led to a stock market crash because banks weren't getting money from people who couldn't pay debt. This was called the Great Depression because people lost their jobs and even their homes, which lead to depression. This lesson taught us about how fluctuate the stock market is. Overall, we enjoyed learning about the stock marketing and had great fun in this unit. You should try stock marketing and see the benefits from companies.
Team Starbucks Luvers= $100,286.11
Dani and Emily- We learned that you should be risky but not like us. We know that we skyrocketed from being very risky but we also went down very fast and low because of our risky decisions. We know that's why we did very good during the duration of our stock market unit. Were in second for most of the unit (and we all know that second is the best... right?) But then we went straight down after that. Another strategy that helped us was when sold some of our stocks that were skyrocketing. When we did this, we gained more money and that helped us get to second place. Sadly, after that we went down again.
You know about the Great Depression, right? Well we just noticed that the Great Depression is us. We had the roaring 20's where we were high in stocks. Then, everything just crashed. We. Just. Fell. But we didn't have that "prepare for war" time when we went straight up. We just stayed going down down down. But you know. That day will come... someday.
At least we had the best username right?
Dani and Emily- We learned that you should be risky but not like us. We know that we skyrocketed from being very risky but we also went down very fast and low because of our risky decisions. We know that's why we did very good during the duration of our stock market unit. Were in second for most of the unit (and we all know that second is the best... right?) But then we went straight down after that. Another strategy that helped us was when sold some of our stocks that were skyrocketing. When we did this, we gained more money and that helped us get to second place. Sadly, after that we went down again.
You know about the Great Depression, right? Well we just noticed that the Great Depression is us. We had the roaring 20's where we were high in stocks. Then, everything just crashed. We. Just. Fell. But we didn't have that "prepare for war" time when we went straight up. We just stayed going down down down. But you know. That day will come... someday.
At least we had the best username right?