KEY DETAILS
Trading Dates for the 2007-08 School Year:
- Fall: October 1 - December 7
- Spring February 11 - April 18
The Fee: $5 per team of 3-5 students.
Many thanks to JPMorgan Chase Bank, Columbus, for their sponsorship, which allows us to bring you this great price - one-fourth the cost of a regular team!
The Website at which You Register:
www.stockmarketgame.org
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PRIZES
At the present time we are still planning to award 1st Place Teacher and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Team cash prizes to our Central Ohio participants, as we have in the past. We are also discussing state level prizes with our fellow Ohio Centers. More information will be posted here as it becomes available. |
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Prizes for the Fall 2007 session of the SMG are sponsored by The Kiwanis Club of Columbus, and will be awarded to the Top 3 Teams within the region. It doesn't matter if your students are seniors or fifth graders, those with the highest final equity win!
SMG Ranking |
Team $’s |
Teacher $’s |
First Place |
$150.00 |
$ 125.00 |
Second Place |
$100.00 |
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Third Place |
$ 50.00 |
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WORKSHOPS
A workshop is available for Central Ohio teachers who are new to the program, or who are looking for a refresher course on how the Stock Market Game is played. This workshop is informal, and you may bring 2-3 students. There is a $5 per person registration fee to cover the cost of materials and refreshments - pizz and soft drinks will be served.
We will be scheduling a Fall SMG workshop in the near future. Please watch this page for information on the date and time, and how to register. Advance registration is required. |
Once you access the website, follow these instructions to navigate to the program information for Ohio.
- Click on the red “Registration” tab in the top right corner of the home page.
- Choose the Ohio site by selecting “ United States” and then “ Ohio.”
- Under the Find Your Coordinator “Select a Program” link, click on “Greater Ohio SMG.”
- Review our program information by clicking on the tabs across the top of the webpage.
- After you have reviewed the program information and are ready to sign up, click on the tab at the top right called “Register Now.”
- Log-in information will be e-mailed directly to you.
- Once you have your Teacher “User Name” and “Password,” visit the SMG home page to gain access to the “ Teacher Support Center.” Be sure to visit the green section, “Understanding the SMG,” especially the “Rules of the Game” link. The Teacher Support Center is filled with great information on how to manage the program in your classroom and maximize its effectiveness as a teaching tool.
After you register for the program and become familiar with the website, you’ll note some similarities and differences between SMS and SMG: Similarities
- Students start with a virtual $100,000 cash account.
- Working in teams, students research and evaluate companies and decide how they want to invest their cash together, based on what they have learned.
- Students follow the news and learn how current events can shape the economy. Plus they apply skills learned in math to calculate how changes in their stock prices affect their portfolio’s values.
Differences
- Improved portfolio management screens for students.
- Expanded Teacher Support Center.
- Slight differences (at least for now!) in trading rules and options.
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The Teacher Support Center provides intuitive navigation and a searchable database of lessons. You will be able to search by grade level, subject and skill level. Additional tools include a section of materials to help understand the Stock Market Game and a section for managing student portfolios (organized by class).
The “In the Classroom” section of the Teacher Support Center is where you access classroom lessons and teaching materials. Lessons and teaching materials are organized into four SMG units:
- Before You Invest: The introduction of necessary background material for your students' first trades.
- Selecting Your Investments: Additional background information your students will need as they begin entering trades in their portfolios).
- Tracking Your Investments: Information on evaluating stocks and making buy and sell decisions.
- At the End of the Trading Session: The application of the critical thinking skills learned through SMG.
Each SMG unit contains lessons and materials organized into mastery levels. Mastery levels are distinct levels of investment knowledge. These levels are:
- Novice: First exposure to or limited knowledge of investing and The Stock Market Game.
- Apprentice: Basic knowledge of investing and The Stock Market Game.
- Master: Proficient knowledge of investing and The Stock Market Game.
- Grand Master: Proficient knowledge of investing and The Stock Market Game and the ability to apply, synthesize, and evaluate that knowledge in new situations.
Each grade has Novice through Grand Master level lessons and activities. Lessons are organized by the following grade ranges:
- Elementary: Grades 4-5
- Middle School: Grades 6-8
- High School: Grades 9-12
- Post Secondary: Grades 12 and up
Lessons identified as "Core" lessons teach fundamental investment topics. Topics include: What is a Company? What is a Stock? What is Risk? and What is a Mutual Fund? We have identified 12 core topics we feel are necessary for successful participation in the SMG program.
All lessons, core and non-core, provide you with a background information on the topic being taught (Teacher Background) and ways for evaluating student learning (Assessments). |
