STOCK GAME

A WebQuest for 10th Grade (TIP CLASS)

Designed by

John Twining
twiningj@evsd.org

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page


Introduction

Welcome to the stock game.  If you have never owned or bought a stock before this will be a learning experience for you.  We will play this game for two weeks.  During this time you will be graded on participation of the game.  The game is online and you will have $100,000 to buy and sell stocks as you wish.  The idea is to make as much money as you can in the two weeks. We will be learning about speculative and blue chip stocks.  You will learn how to buy and sell stocks on margin and learn how to make a quick profit (hopefully).       

You will be playing against one another so try not to share you good stock tips with too many people so you can take advantage of a good pick.


The Task

By the end of this game hopefully you will understand the following things about stocks and stock trades:

StocksQuest can be found here you will need to get a log-in and a password.

http://stocksquest.thinkquest.org/10326/test/StocksQuest/login.htm

The Process

You will be able to play the stocks quest game by going through the following steps:

First you will need to go to the web site and get a log-in and password.  Make sure you log-in has your last name somewhere in it.  I will need this to give you credit for playing the game.

Once you have a log-in and password make sure you write it down so you will remember it for the next few days. 

When you are in the site a tab at the top says Join a game pick this option and put in this log-in and password.

User Name  TIP  Password  EVHS

Now you are logged in and ready to play. 

You must own a total of 8 stocks at all times and you may not have more than $20,000 invested in one stock at  a time.  If you do not play by these rules you will be disqualified from the prize part of the game.

Once you've picked a role to play....


Evaluation

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.
Beginning

1

 Developing

2

 Accomplished

3

 Exemplary

4

 Score

 

Learning to evaluate stocks

 

How you first learn to buy and sell stocks

Furthering your evaluation of which stocks to buy.

Being able to explain why you are buying and selling stocks at certain times.

Playing the game at its highest level making good decisions about stocks and the stock market.

5 points a day for playing the game
 


Conclusion

You will have fun playing this game and hopefully you will learn a lot about stocks and how they work.  Have fun, learn, and remember this is not real money so be willing to take some chances to see if you can come through as the overall winner.


Credits & References

Here are a couple of web sites that will help you search for different stocks:

http://www.nasdaq.com

Http://www.yahoo.com/finance`