Travis R. Martin, CPA, MBA

Students assemble their own mutual funds, that seek to protect investors in the event of a Black Swan, in this project based learning activity for an integrated World History/Economics class.

Students create a product placement for Procter and Gamble in this Project Based Marketing activity.

Project Based Economics covering Black Swans and Mutual Funds in an integrated World History/Economics course.

Discussion of first workshop in the Vanguard Black Swan Fund project for History of Globalization class. Project uses a project based learning approach.

How does project-based learning work in practice? See the process step-by-step using an integrated World History/Economics class as an example.

Students act as Investment Managers for Vanguard funds and create a mutual fund that provides investors with protection should a Black Swan-type event occur.

High School students learn about economic incentives in this hands-on activity and discussion.

If you’re looking for a nice little spreadsheet project that ties into the Holiday Season, you might like this. Students use spreadsheets to analyze prices of popular gifts of their choice before, during, and after Black Friday. They then analyze the data to make a recommendation as to when the best time to shop would [...]

Hands-on project designed for Computer Applications and Media Literacy classes. Students test Pandora’s music recommendations using project based learning.

In this post, I thought I would offer a few of the PowerPoint slides I use to lead classroom discussions on stocks, as well as a few of the worksheets I use