Assignment can be used to assess understanding of investing concepts.  Students use both knowledge and creativity to design a slide show of terms that relate to investing.  *See Resource Library for attachments (rubric and student example).  

Students will be able to:

Analyze how diversification effects risk when investing
Explain the benefits and more favorable levels of risk when investing in an index fund vs. picking individual stocks
Analyze the long-term performance of an index fund like the S&P 500 alongside the performance of individual stocks

Explore tunneling splitting in double well potentials. This classic problem describes many physical systems, including covalent bonds, Josephson junctions, and two-state systems such as spin 1/2 particles and ammonia molecules.

This 9-minute video lesson explains the difference between a bond and a stock. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 18 of 184]

This 9-minute video lesson explains what it means to buy a bond. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 54 of 184]

This 10-minute video lesson looks at what happens to equity when the value of the assets increase or decrease. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 8 of 184]

This 14-minute video lesson explains why bond prices move inversely to changes in interest rate. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 55 of 184]

Introduction to investments and corporate finance. Topics include: project and company valuation, risk and return in capital markets, the pricing of stocks and bonds, corporate financing and dividend policy, the cost of capital, and financial options. Subject provides a broad overview of both theory and practice. Restricted to Management of Technology students. Financial Management studies corporate finance and capital markets, emphasizing the financial aspects of managerial decisions. It touches on all areas of finance, including the valuation of real and financial assets, risk management and financial derivatives, the trade-off between risk and expected return, and corporate financing and dividend policy. The course draws heavily on empirical research to help guide managerial decisions.

Students will predict bond polarity using electron negativity values; indicate polarity with a polar arrow or partial charges; rank bonds in order of polarity; and predict molecular polarity using bond polarity and molecular shape.

Explore molecule shapes by building molecules in 3D! How does molecule shape change with different numbers of bonds and electron pairs? Find out by adding single, double or triple bonds and lone pairs to the central atom. Then, compare the model to real molecules!

Explore molecule shapes by building molecules in 3D! Find out how a molecule's shape changes as you add atoms to a molecule.

Students will be able to:

Compare the difference between stocks and bonds
Evaluate when it would be beneficial to invest in stocks and bonds
Decide how much someone should invest in stocks and bonds based on personal goals and risk tolerance

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to
Explain what a bond is and the pros and cons of investing in bonds
Understand the various factors that can influence bond prices such as interest rates
Identify the difference between an individual bond and a bond fund
Read a bond fund fact sheet

Approximate Time
Lesson length: 90 mins