Whole-class · Whole class or teams · 2–4 weeks
Market Madness Bracket
Track performance and explain outcomes.
StockSt uses fictional currency and simulated shares for education only. This is not investment advice.
Setup
- Create a bracket of 8, 16, or 32 StockSt shares.
- Each round, shares compete on a teacher-selected metric: percentage price change, best response to a news event, lowest volatility, best research thesis written by students, or best risk-adjusted result.
- Students predict the winner of each matchup before the round and justify their predictions.
Scoring
Award points for correct predictions and for high-quality explanations.
Teacher debrief
After each round, ask which prediction was the best-argued, even if it was wrong. At the end, ask students what the bracket taught them about the difference between luck and skill.