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Boosting Life Skills: A Game-Based Learning Intervention Collection

Sherry Franklin | Published: December 18th, 2025 by K20 Center

Summary

This collection has all the resources you need to successfully implement the Boosting Life Skills: A Game-Based Learning Intervention Action Plan.

Resources

Get a Life

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 8th - 12th

Students are in charge, helping their character "get a life" in this 10-15 minute, story-driven college and career awareness game. Get a Life is a playful way to learn about the cost of college, the education requirements of careers, how education can affect income, and how to deal with setbacks. Read more »

Game

Tag Related

  • Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP)

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 8th - 12th

This resource is geared towards students' goal setting and reflection process while participating in extracurricular clubs. Students set a goal for a specific skill they are working on and are given several ways to reflect on their progress towards that goal. Read more »

Educator Resource

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Individual

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Reflection
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Time Frame
Mind Your Own Budget (MYOB)

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 7th - Undergraduate

Welcome to Mind Your Own Budget, a fun and hands-on way for students to build financial literacy and strategically apply their knowledge to solve a variety of financial challenges. Through the game, students will encounter everyday financial tasks such as making and keeping a budget, paying recurring... Read more »

Game

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 7th - Undergraduate

Course Course

  • Personal Financial Literacy

Subject Subject

  • Financial Literacy
AWARE (Advanced Weather Awareness & Response Education)

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - 10th

In this game, students play as an emergency manager for a fictional region beset by deadly disasters. They build structures, hire earth science and STEM professionals, and research new technologies to enhance their weather awareness and preparedness. The game also emphasizes budget and resource management. Read more »

Game

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - 10th

Subject Subject

  • Science

Course Course

  • Earth Science, Environmental Science

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • MS-ESS3-2, HS-ESS3-1

Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (Grades 6, 7, 8)
MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Next Generation Science Standards (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12)
HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

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