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Changing the Currency of Different Countries
Seventh graders explore changing currency. For this international math lesson, 7th graders will write and solve 2-step equations in order to convert currencies between nations. Students will research prices of items and currency...
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Money and Sports
Sixth graders translate sports vocabulary words from English to Spanish and complete money problems containing decimals. In this money and sports lesson plan, 6th graders use words to communicate to each other.
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Value of Money
Second graders examine a collection of coins to discover their value. In this value of money lesson, 2nd graders identify the amount of money represented by each coin. Students use a worksheet to complete story problems involving...
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Technology: Money Equivalency
First graders,working on computers, drag coins into boxes to equal amounts pictured. Following a demonstration, they demonstrate how to type number sentences. As an extension, 1st graders create equivalent amounts using specific numbers...
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Math & Science
Students are introduced to techniques to help with with math and science. In groups, they use a worksheet to discover how to count money. As a class, they watch a PowerPoint to define terms associated with science. To end the lesson,...
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Putting Your Money to Work
Pupils create a collect data on expenses. In this algebra instructional activity, students create a spreadsheet to solve scientific equations. They incorporate math, science and technology in this instructional activity.
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Deena's Lucky Penny
Students discover the coin denominations of U.S. Currency. In this money lesson, students read the book Deena's Lucky Penny, then complete a coin matching activity using the Internet. Students also read Shel Silverstein's...
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The Big Buck Adventure
Young scholars practice making change, and adding and subtracting money. In this money lesson, students listen to a reading of The Big Buck Adventure by Shelley Gil. They access teacher assigned web sites to practice making change,...
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Coin Carnival
Students investigate the value of coins. In this coin value lesson plan, students read The Penny Pot by Stuart Murphy. Students expand on skills learned in the book and engage in activities to determine the value of a mixed set of coins...
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Shopping for Candy
Students explore counting money. In this money counting and gingerbread house construction lesson, students use a calculator to determine how much and what type of candy they can buy given 25 cents. Students construct gingerbread...
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Making Change
Second graders explore how to incorporate a new type of technology, the cash register and/or a calculator, as a motivational tool for solving real life problems. They practice estimating money and counting back change from $20.00.
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Algebra Project
What would your dream house look like? A cottage? A medieval castle? High schoolers enrolled in Algebra design the perfect house while using slopes to write equations for various aspects of the project.
Federal Reserve Bank
So How Much Are You Really Paying for that Loan?
Loans are rarely provided without a cost. Pupils evaluate the high cost of using a payday loan or payday advance through discussion and worksheets, and finally work in groups to develop short public service announcements...
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Budgeting Money
Students explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting instructional activity, students pick an occupation and develop a list of needs and wants. Students make a list of monthly expenses and budget their income to afford those...
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Two Ways to Write Money
Second graders complete activities to learn about money and how to write money. In this money lesson, 2nd graders watch a video about ways to write money. Students work in groups with play money and come up with two ways to write money....
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Show Me the Money
Pupils investigate financial applications of mathematics in this mathematics instructional activity. They will investigate equations that represent a company’s income, expense, and profit functions and use those equations to identify...
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Money Matters: The Importance of Global Cooperation
Students explore the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In this global economics lesson, students prepare for a field trip to the IMF as they examine the history of the IMF and their role in global trade.
K5 Learning
Finders Keepers
If you found five hundred dollars in the park, would you keep it or turn it in? Exercise both reading comprehension skills and philosophic beliefs in a language arts reading activity about three boys who stumble upon a small fortune...
K12 Reader
Galileo and His Telescope
Learn about Galileo Galilei's contribution to modern science with a reading passage that focuses on reading comprehension. After kids read several paragraphs about his life, they answer five questions about the information they have just...
Concord Consortium
Bill the Ball Bearing Man
Just how durable could a hollow ball bearing be? Learners model the strength of the walls of a ball bearing as a function of the radius of its cavity. They use their models to make reasonable conclusions about the probability of failure...
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Counting with Base - Ten Models
Help your kids develop strategies for counting. In this base-ten lesson, learners use matching cards, base 10 blocks, and dry erase markers and boards to examine the base 10 counting system.
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Math TODAY - The New Color of Money
Students work with large numbers when determining the height of a stack of $20 bills.
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Bob's Bagel Shop
How much money can Bob expect to make per customer by selling bagels? This short expected value problem can be used as a warm up or a quick assessment at the end of a more detailed lesson. Teacher commentary includes the solution to the...
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The Nitty-Gritty of Checkbooks
Young scholars explore how to maintain a checking account. They control, disburse money, and keep their checking account balance. Through a PowerPoint demonstration, video streaming and hands-on practice, students apply the information...