Outline

** Day 1 ** I will explain to students that the school is spending more money than they are taking in. Students will be required to come up with a budget plan on how to reduce spending and balance the budget.
 * Outline**

Students will use a graphic organizer to plan out their goals and decide how they will solve the budget problem. (graphic organizer can be found on the right hand side of the wiki labeled graphic organizer for lesson A.

** Day 2 **

Students will input data from the budget into an Excel spreadsheet. Students will decide what items for the school budget report are expenses and which are incomes.

** Day 3 ** Students will choose what mood of technology they would like to use when presenting their budget solution. (PowerPoint, Word document, etc.) The excel spreadsheet will accompany the oral presentation.

Students will make sure the presentation looks professional and sounds professional when the group presents it.