Season 1
Lesson 5
Money Moves
What Students Learn
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Follow a dollar bill as it moves from a depositor’s hand, to the bank vault, over to the Federal Reserve, and finally out to a project the bank is financing.
Lesson 8
How to Succeed in Biz-ness
What Students Learn
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Discover the three key steps to succeeding in business: identify a need, make a plan, and take action.
Lesson 9
Cash and Credit
What Students Learn
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What's the difference between cash and credit? Learn the pros and cons to using your own money versus someone else's.
Lesson 10
How to Achieve Your Financial Goals
What Students Learn
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Learn how to track expenses, control spending, and invest what’s left over to reach your financial goal.
Lesson 11
Don’t Blow Your Dough
What Students Learn
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Biz Kid$ beware! Put your money in a safe place and beware of scams, schemers, and identity theft.
Lesson 15
Using Your Credit
What Students Learn
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Don’t live on borrowed time. Learn how employers, insurers, colleges, etc. use credit scores to make major decisions that affect your future.
Lesson 16
Budgeting Basics
What Students Learn
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The first rule of money management: you can’t manage what you don’t know. Learn how to track expenses to build a better budget.
Lesson 18
Saving and Investing for Your Future
What Students Learn
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Start a savings plan early in life, and discover how to evaluate different investment options.
Lesson 19
A Closer Look at Careers
What Students Learn
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Learn ways to start exploring careers, and find your true calling.
Lesson 20
The Global Economy
What Students Learn
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Go around the world and follow the flow of imports and exports that make up the interconnected world economy.
Lesson 22
Sell, Sell, Sell (The Science of Sales)
What Students Learn
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All sales final! Join the Biz Kid$ in sales training as they explore effective sales techniques.
Lesson 23
Understanding Income and Expenses
What Students Learn
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Learn proven methods for getting expenses under control while growing income with new ideas, smart work habits, and innovation.
Lesson 25
Understanding Your Paycheck
What Students Learn
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What’s on your stub, bub? Check out the modern American pay stub to learn about the deductions on your paycheck from Social Security to Workman’s Compensation to a 401(k) plan.
Season 2
Lesson 1
Have a Plan, Stan!
What Students Learn
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Explore the different elements of a business plan and see why it’s crucial to develop a plan before starting a business.
Lesson 2
Money Math – Who Needs It?
What Students Learn
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Whether you need to calculate the tip, make change, or grow your savings, it’s all about the math in money.
Lesson 5
How Credit Affects Your Life
What Students Learn
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Your credit score could impact getting into college, landing a job, or renting an apartment. Learn how to build good credit and what happens when you don’t.
Lesson 7
The World Is A Risky Place
What Students Learn
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Be smart about taking risks in life. Learn about liability, contracts, and insurance, and how to protect your business, your assets, and yourself.
Lesson 8
Economic Cycles
What Students Learn
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Economic cycles go up and down. Learn how to protect yourself against negative effects and plan for the positive trends.
Lesson 10
Secrets To Success
What Students Learn
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It’s simple – explore education options and build the best toolbox for your future.
Lesson 11
The Marketing Mix
What Students Learn
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You can market anything once you understand the four P’s of marketing: product, price, place and promotion.
Lesson 12
Hidden Careers
What Students Learn
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You don’t have to be perfect at your passion to build a career in it. If you love something, there are many roles you can play behind the scenes.
Season 3
Lesson 1
Are You Financially Literate
What Students Learn
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Get financially empowered by learning how to set goals, create a budget, save, and manage money.
Lesson 2
Wheel of Misfortune
What Students Learn
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Find out how to avoid common money mistakes such as overspending, too much debt, lack of planning, or no emergency fund.
Lesson 3
More Bang for Your buck
What Students Learn
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Whether you’re facing good times or tough times, know how to get the best value for your money. Discover tips for stretching your dollars.
Lesson 4
Where’s My Allowance?
What Students Learn
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What can you do with your allowance? Spend, save, share!
Lesson 5
Escape the Box
What Students Learn
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Opportunity knocks! Learn how to act on new opportunities and to be creative in solving problems.
Season 4
Lesson 2
Debt: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
What Students Learn
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It’s easy to spend more than you make. Learn how to avoid the pitfalls of overspending and meet a few entrepreneurs who didn’t.
Lesson 3
Your first big Purchase
What Students Learn
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Make sure your first big purchase is B.R.O.W.N. - whether it’s the latest computer, a new smart phone, or a car. Learn about budgeting, researching, negotiating, and more.
Lesson 4
Whats Up with the Stock Market?
What Students Learn
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Learn the weird, abbreviated language of the stock market, and the difference between a bull and bear market.
Lesson 5
Crash Course on Starting a Business
What Students Learn
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So you’ve got an idea – now what? The ultimate crash course – find an idea, get funded, market your business, make a profit, and write a business plan.
Lesson 6
How to Make a Million Bucks
What Students Learn
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If you start early and save often, the power of compound interest can make you millions!
Lesson 8
The Value of Money
What Students Learn
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Considering all the global currencies, what determines the value of money? What are the factors that impact the American Dollar?
Season 5
Lesson 3
Movin’ On Out
What Students Learn
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What’s the true cost of cutting the cord? We take you through it all — budgeting, roommates, finding a place, and learning about all the hidden costs mom and dad used to pay.
Lesson 4
You Are the Target!
What Students Learn
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….of advertisers, that is. Recognize how to resist manipulation, and how to apply good consumer skills to cut through the commercial fog.
Lesson 5
The Economics of Economics
What Students Learn
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See how businesses use economic principles to make financial decisions, from micro to macro economics, supply and demand, and economic indicators.
Lesson 8
Take it to the Bank
What Students Learn
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Learn the difference between banks, credit unions and other financial institutions, and which one is right for you.
Lesson 9
It’s a Job Getting a Job!
What Students Learn
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Learn tips and tricks for writing a great resume, dressing for success, and nailing the interview.
Lesson 11
What to do with a Windfall?
What Students Learn
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A financial windfall! Now what? Evaluate investment alternatives based on time, risk, and rate of return.
Season 6
Lesson 1
How to turn $100 into $1,000,000
What Students Learn
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Develop your MDM (Million Dollar Mindset), maximize saving strategies, and get the best return on your investments.
Lesson 2
College Bound
What Students Learn
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The average college student graduates with $35,000 in debt. Consider the return-on-investment of college and how to get educated without taking on debt.
Lesson 3
My First Credit Card
What Students Learn
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Biz Kid$ demystifies the process of getting a credit card, how to use it correctly, and explains terms like credit score and APR.
Lesson 4
Money Really Does Grow On Trees
What Students Learn
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From products to services, offline to online, and the basics to the bizarre -- this episode explores ways to bring in the bucks.
Lesson 5
Can Money Buy Happiness?
What Students Learn
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Hear heart-warming stories of how kids identified a need in their community and used an entrepreneurial mindset to solve it.