After completing the Finance Park curriculum in class, students will visit the park for a reality-based, hands-on simulation.  Six students are assigned to a business with one adult volunteer.  A typical day is divided into six parts.

1. OPENING: Whole group meeting
   • Staff introductions
   • General information, policies, expectations and procedures
   • Overview of the day's events
2. THE TRUTH REVEALED: Business Group
   • Students report to assigned businesses, receive materials, sign in onto iPads and calculate Net Monthly Incomes and Savings.
   • Volunteers use answer keys to verify all answers.
3. THE BIG SEARCH: Independent work
   • Students work independently and visit every business in Finance Park, collecting codes to unlock more information. Volunteers monitor and assist students as needed.
4. THE BUDGET PUZZLE: Business Group
   • Students develop a balanced budget based on their fictional life situation.  
   • Volunteers provide financial advice to their group of six students to help them make sound decisions.
5. THE FINAL COMMITMENT: Independent work
   • Students complete online shopping and make appropriate selections for their fictional life situation. This is their opportunity to complete the Stetson Survey.
   • Students proceed to the checkout area to return their iPads to a staff member, receive their award and then select their prize(s).
   • Lunch is served at McDonald's for all students and volunteers.
   • Volunteers continue to monitor and assist students as needed.
   •  Additional independent activities may be assigned.
6. THE CLOSING: Whole group meeting
   • The day’s events are summarized, businesses are cleaned up and students are dismissed.
   • Volunteers are then released.