Students will research and acquire necessary medical insurance to understand how insurance can help to achieve relative financial and medical safety in the real world.

Students will:

1. Know where to research insurance.
2. Know what items to look for when comparing insurance.
3. Compare insurance plans and make a recommendation for which they would purchase based on specific criteria.

Math Skills Being Utilized

• Critical Thinking
• Numerical Comparison
• Using simple probability when making decisions.

Ideas for Teaching

• Set up medical insurance in the Financial Tracking Software and randomly give them illnesses they must pay for each Friday.
• Show students actual insurance policies.
• Have them bring policies of their own from home.
• Discuss how choosing a lower paying job with better insurance compares to a higher paying job with poor insurance.