Free Digital Courses for K-12 Educators
Everfi delivers effective, engaging, easy-to-use course content designed by educators, for educators, to equip students with the financial and life skills they need to confidently navigate a complex world—while meeting state-level educational mandates and standards. Last school year alone, our standards-aligned, research-based curriculum was used by over 6.5 million students across the United States and Canada. We team up with area businesses to secure funding so that all of Everfi’s digital resources, training, and support are completely free to K-12 educators
Tax Simulation: Understanding Taxes | Free Tax Course for High School Students
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
This financial education course, sponsored by Intuit for Education, helps students develop healthy financial habits and build confidence about handling their taxes. Through a high-fidelity experience of navigating tax preparation software, students are introduced to important and relevant tax considerations. To enhance the learning experience, several videos are going to be featured in the course this summer covering topics like summarizing a 1099 form and calculating tax requirements.
FutureSmart: Financial Literacy | Free Financial Literacy Course for Middle School Students
Grade Levels
6th, 7th, 8th
Description
In FutureSmart, middle school students act as mayor of their town, helping citizens solve the financial problems life throws their way. Available in Spanish.
Financial Literacy for High School Students | Free Course
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
EVERFI’s free high school financial literacy course equips students with tools to manage their personal finances in the real world, from applying for financial aid to establishing credit and investing. Available in Spanish.
SmartEconomics: Economics for Middle School
Grade Levels
6th, 7th, 8th
Description
SmartEconomics is a digital course that empowers middle school students to analyze the economy and identify factors that impact the price of consumer goods. Available in Spanish.
Marketplaces: Investing Basics | Free Investment Course for High School Students
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
In Marketplaces, students learn basic investment concepts that are needed to intelligently and confidently participate in the financial markets.
Accounting Careers: Limitless Opportunities
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
This free digital course, sponsored by the Center for Audit Quality’s Accounting+ program, exposes students to the wide range of careers available in the accounting and finance space
Building and Moving: STEM Careers
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, HS FinLit Suite
Description
This free, brand-new digital course serves as an introduction to advanced manufacturing careers and explores the diverse engineering career opportunities in auto racing. Through interactive real-world scenarios, students identify the benefits of choosing a career in construction, advanced manufacturing, and supply chain and transportation. Students also learn about auto engineering roles and discover hands-on experiences that prepare them for careers in auto racing.
306: Black History Curriculum | Free K12 Online Course
Grade Levels
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Inform and Inspire students by teaching them about the grit, strength, creativity, and intellect of African American men and women throughout history.
306: Continuing the Story | African American History Curriculum
Grade Levels
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
This course uses counter storytelling to help students to understand the history of events that have shaped American history by highlighting Black professionals who have blazed trails and made significant contributions to their fields. Available in Spanish.
Data Science Foundations and Exploration Lab
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Data Science Foundations is designed to empower students with knowledge about the fundamentals of data science, its currency in the job market, and its applicability to everyday life. Available in Spanish.
Prescription Drug Safety: Training for High School Students
Grade Levels
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
As addiction devastates communities across the country, this evidence-based drug abuse prevention program empowers students to make healthy decisions.
Vaping: Know the Truth
Grade Levels
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Vaping: Know the truth is a prevention-forward digital learning experience that gives today’s students core knowledge around the dangers associated with using e-cigarettes and offers resources to help young people quit if they already vape. Available in Spanish.
Understanding Mental Wellness
Grade Levels
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Understanding Mental Wellness is a digital resource that introduces middle and high school students to mental health education. Available in Spanish.
Character Playbook – Healthy Relationships
Grade Levels
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
Description
Character Playbook gives middle school students practical applications for developing social and emotional skills.
Minding Your Money: Skills for Life
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Minding Your Money: Skills for Life is a free digital financial education course that teaches students about different financial stages in life, how money and mental health are intertwined, and how money can affect interpersonal relationships.
Healthier Me: Intro to Wellness
Grade Levels
4th, 5th, 6th
Description
This new health & wellness course teaches students about many of the factors that help to keep their minds and bodies healthy. The curriculum takes an approach that focuses on overall physical, emotional, and social wellness will give students the tools they need to make healthy choices. Through a story-based narrative and interactive exercises, students explore topics like nutrition, exercise, hygiene, sleep, and the importance of healthy mindfulness and social connection.
Econ Foundations: Economics for High School
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
This new financial education course brings macroeconomic concepts to life for students through interactive, real-world scenarios. Students explore how the economy impacts individuals and businesses, evaluate the health of the economy using economic indicators, analyze how the government and Central Bank use economic policy to regulate the business cycle, and predict how individuals and businesses will behave in a growing or declining economy.
Build: Credit Fundamentals
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
This new financial education course brings macroeconomic concepts to life for students through interactive, real-world scenarios. Students explore how the economy impacts individuals and businesses, evaluate the health of the economy using economic indicators, analyze how the government and Central Bank use economic policy to regulate the business cycle, and predict how individuals and businesses will behave in a growing or declining economy.
Ignition: Digital Wellness and Safety
Grade Levels
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
Description
Technology changes rapidly. Give your students the tools they need to keep up with technology and stay safe online. Available in Spanish and French.
Modern Money: Safe Digital Banking
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
This financial education course provides students with the knowledge and skills to make wise decisions that promote financial wellbeing. Through interactive real-world scenarios, students learn strategies to manage their finances, how to safely and responsibly use banking tools, and methods to recognize and avoid scams and fraud. The course is designed to create more confident, financially savvy high schoolers that are prepared for adulthood.
The Compassion Project – Elementary Empathy Curriculum
Grade Levels
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Description
The Compassion Project is the first free, comprehensive, multi-lingual, empathy curriculum designed to help educators facilitate lessons around SEL skills for 2nd-5th graders.
Everfi Pathways: Financing Higher Education
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Pathways develops informed consumers, preparing students to make wise financial decisions when considering how to best finance their higher education and pay for college. Students learn about topics like financial aid, applying for FAFSA, student loans, and budgeting for responsible loan repayment. Available in Spanish.
SaveUp: Saving Money for the Future
Grade Levels
6th, 7th, 8th
Description
In SaveUp, middle school students develop strategies for budgeting, emergency planning, saving and setting smart financial goals. Available in Spanish.
Crypto Foundations
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Crypto Foundations is a digital program that teaches high school students what cryptocurrency is, how it’s created on the blockchain and the risks and benefits of holding cryptocurrencies as an investment.
Grow: Financial Planning for Life
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Grow: Financial Planning for Life is a digital program that helps teach students how to make wise financial decisions to promote financial well-being over their lifetime. Available in Spanish.
Vault: Understanding Money
Grade Levels
4th, 5th, 6th
Description
Students dive into a virtual world to learn the basic ins-and-outs of finances. Can you help a friend from space learn the difference between needs and wants? Available in Spanish and French.
Alcohol Education: Safe and Smart
Grade Levels
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Help students analyze peer pressure and advertising influences and examine the effects that alcohol has on their brain and body.
Honor Code: Bullying Prevention
Grade Levels
8th, 9th, 10th
Description
Honor Code takes a practical approach to bullying prevention by empowering students to create change, whether they’re engaging in bullying, on the receiving end of it, or witnessing it in their school. Available in French.
Venture: Entrepreneurial Expedition | Free Online Course
Grade Levels
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
Description
Students start their own food truck business, and learn to write a business plan, hire a team, hone their pitch, and balance a budget in the process.
Sustainability Foundations: Ready to Recycle
Grade Levels
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Description
Ready to Recycle builds on the knowledge and skills that students learned in Sustainability Foundations and helps students develop strategies for becoming better informed consumers when it comes to recycling. Students will learn about single-stream recycling, the environmental impacts of mining and refining raw materials to be used in consumer goods, and how to make sustainable choices.
Sustainability Foundations
Grade Levels
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Description
Sustainability Foundations is the introductory course to EVERFI’s Environmental Learning suite. In this introductory lesson, students learn about the interconnectedness of environmental and human systems. They are asked to reflect on the kind of future they want for the world, what it will take to get there, and the impact that individuals can have on the environment. Available in Spanish and French.
Sustainability Foundations: Plants, Animals, and Our World
Grade Levels
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Description
Plants, Animals, and Our World is made up of four lessons covering human health, climate change, global resource constraints, and biodiversity. Available in Spanish and French.
Endeavor – STEM Career Exploration Activities for Middle School
Grade Levels
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
Description
Inspire STEM career exploration through online simulations that help students connect STEM classroom activities to real-world problem-solving.
Keys To Your Future: College And Career Readiness
Grade Levels
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
Keys To Your Future is a career and college readiness program to help educators prepare high school students for a variety of post-secondary options and the workforce.
Health Literacy Curriculum for High School
Grade Levels
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Description
EVERFI’s Health Literacy Curriculum empowers students to become advocates for their own health and financial wellness, helping them understand when and where to ask for help when making health care decisions. Available in Spanish.