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Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in activities that teach them how to manage money. In this managing money lesson plan, students set long and short term goals for economic success by having discussions, identifying benefits of saving, and...
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Making Good Money Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how to spend donated money. In this money choices lesson, students explore the needs of the community. They determine the best use of donated funds for a good cause or charity. Students play a bingo game to reinforce...
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Battle of "The Cents"

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore money. In this counting money lesson, students play a card game using the rules of "War." Students turn over cards, determine the money value represented, and the student with the highest value keeps the cards.
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How do You Stack Up? Revisited

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students estimate the thickness of coins. In this stack up lesson, students stack pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. They calculate and record the thickness of each coin. Students stack coins and estimate the height of the stack.
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Coins to Bills!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice using money at a grocery store. For this money lesson, students get familiar with grocery store ads and work in pairs to use these ads to select food items to purchase using money manipulatives. Students practice being...
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Real-World Reasonableness

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply math to real-world situations. In this mathematics lesson, 5th graders are read the book, "Math Curse," which discusses ways in which math is used each day. Students then write a sequel to the book in groups,...
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Adding Coins

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this coins instructional activity, students add up coins and write the total with the cents sign. Students add 10 amounts of coins together and write the total.
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Making Money Amounts

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing ways to make the given amounts of money worksheet, students read the total amounts of change and fill in the columns telling the numbers of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters needed. Students solve 10 problems.
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Cyber Currency, Currently

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in online currency activities. In this currency lesson plan, students complete 6 activities which include online resources. They learn about bartering, monetary systems, foreign currency, stores, selling items, and...
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Money and Time

For Students 7th - 9th
In this money and time worksheet, learners read money problems and determine the total cost and the amount of change to be given to a customer. They add moments of time and determine the correct amount of hourly pay earned. This...
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Going Shopping

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students investigate the value of money. In this money lesson, students simulate going shopping in their classrooms for various objects. Students use play money to pay for the objects.
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Count On It!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars investigate money. In this consumer math lesson, students use coins, identify their value, then group them in various ways to equal a dollar.
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Thinking About Money

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students evaluate various approaches to spending money.In this spending money literacy lesson plan, students broaden their financial goals by reading "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" and "A Chair for My Mother."Students use a...
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Coins

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this coins worksheet, students circle the coins that match the amount underneath them. Students match the amount of coins for 12 problems.
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Money Challenge

For Students 2nd
In this coin worksheet, 2nd graders count up the coin amounts given to them. Students complete 10 problems where they count up coin amounts.
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Math Challenge: Count Coins

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this counting change worksheet, students count the values of pennies, nickels, and dimes to determine the total amount of each group of coins. Students solve 6 problems.
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Math Challenge

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting money worksheet, students practice counting coins. Students are given five sets of coins that they are to count and determine the amount of money pictured.
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Money Subtraction

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this money subtraction activity, students subtract four digit numbers that represent dollars and cents. Students subtract 20 problems of four digit numbers.
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Money Subtraction

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this money subtraction worksheet, learners have to subtract different amounts of money where there is a dollar and cent value. Students have 20 problems to complete in this subtraction worksheet.
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Money Subtraction (J); Increments of 10 Cents

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this money subtraction worksheet, students subtract money amounts that include dollars and cents. Students subtract money amounts that end in an increment of 10 cents.
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Money Subtraction (D); Increments of 5 Cents

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this money subtraction instructional activity, students subtract numbers that are in dollars and cents. Students do 20 problems that have them subtract using decimals since they are subtracting money amounts. These are in increments...
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Fighting Corrosion to Save an Ancient Greek Bronze

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study corrosion on bronze statues with a hands-on lesson. As pupils place a penny in water with salt, they observe the changes in the penny throughout a period of a week. They then analyze the pre-conservation and the...
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What Is Money?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Early learners participate in a bartering activity during which they make connections to money and consumer concepts. They simulate buying and selling situations with one another then visit an exhibit at the Federal Reserve Bank of...
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Price Lists

For Students 4th
In this problem solving activity, 4th graders analyze a table of prices for 6 specific kitchen items. Students answer 5 short answer questions associated with the 6 items in the table.