ABE: Adult Basic Education

Use this site to teach students to read and understand fast food nutrition facts. The site allows users to sort and search for the nutrition facts of popular fast food restaurant menu items. Use the Web quest for a class activity or create life-skills reading handouts based on the Web site.

When teaching about medicine use, use the Web site's video, text, and free downloadable publications for students to practice reading and listening.

In this activity we review reading medication labels and Tips for Safe Use of Over-the-Counter Medications

This FDIC curriculum contains both computer-based and instructor-led instruction on basic personal financial management. The curriculum consists of 11 modules on the following topics:

1. Bank On It: An introduction to bank services
2. Borrowing Basics: An introduction to credit
3. Check It Out: How to choose and keep a checking account
4. Money Matters: How to keep track of your money
5. Pay Yourself First: Why you should save, save, save
6. Keep It Safe: Your rights as a consumer
7. To Your Credit: How your credit history will affect your credit future
8. Charge It Right: How to make a credit card work for you
9. Loan To Own: Know what you're borrowing before you buy
10. Your Own Home: What home ownership is all about
11. Financial Recovery: How to recover from a financial setback

The computer-based instruction features a game-based learning design and should be used to complement formal classes by providing learning assignments that users can complete at their own pace. The instructor-led curriculum (which must be ordered online and arrives on CD-ROM) includes an instructor's manual, participant's take-home guide, and overheads.

Successful completion of a computer-based module will earn the user a certificate of completion for the module.

In this activity, those needing drill and practice in the proper use of grammar can choose the sentence that is grammatically correct. For each answer they get right, FreeRice donates 10 grains of rice through the World Food Program to help end hunger. Use this fun and engaging site when a student needs more help in this area. There are also questions that can be used for reviewing the following topics:

• English Vocabulary
• Geography
• Math (Multiplication Table and Basic Math/Pre-Algebra)
• Science (Human Anatomy)
• Chemistry