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Systems of Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve systems of equations. In this algebra activity, students use elimination and substitution to solve for the point of intersection. They use graphing to see where the two lines intersect.
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Unexpected Answers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider probability problems with unexpected and surprising answers.
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It's Your Future!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the concept of getting a job and buying a home. In this getting a job and buying a home lesson, students research job qualifications and salaries for various jobs. Students discuss what is a mortgage and how one works.
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Comparing and Ordering Greater Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners line up the digits of the numbers they are comparing in the correct manner. In this comparing numbers lesson plan, students learn to line numbers up correctly on a place value chart before comparing them. Learners then answer...
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Subtracting Monkeys

For Teachers K
Pupils sing a song that counts backwards from five to one and illustrate the countdown with puppets. They write the correct subtraction problem for each verse of the song.
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Figuring Elapsed Time

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students tell time. In this elapsed time instructional activity, students review how to tell time to five minutes. Students solve problems where they must determine the elapsed time.
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Mr. Goldman's Good Idea

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Shopping carts are a modern convenience that many people take for granted. Make sure your pupils do not fall into that category by completing the activities in this plan. There are ideas included for language arts, social studies, math,...
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Shell Sort; Serving up Seafood

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete various small group activities to classify items and determine the types of combinations that can be made with these items. In the second lesson, students create menus for a restaurant to help them gain money sense and...
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Color Your World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students calculate the cost of painting a room. In this surface area lesson, students create a scale model from provided dimensions of a bedroom. Groups use area formulas to find square footage, from which materials and labor costs are...
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Houses and Cars and Loans

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a spreadsheet to track their spending. In this algebra lesson, students use loan formulas to calculate the payback amount plus interest on a loan. They calculate how much money they would need to buy a car and house.
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Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students multiply integers.  In this multiplying integers lesson, students multiply positive and negative integers.  Students discuss that a positives times positives, positives times negatives, and negatives times...
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A Look at Race in America Using Statistics

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the issue of racism in America.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders analyze charts and graphs on blacks and whites in America.  
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Home Sweet Home: Purchasing a Place

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
While the process of buying a home can certainly be overwhelming, give your young adults a leg up for their future by introducing them to the components of a mortgage, as well as exploring the basic concept of credit and how to become...
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Using Expected Values to Compare Strategies

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Discover how mathematics can be useful in comparing strategies. Scholars develop probability distributions for situations and calculate expected value. They use their results to identify the best strategy for the situation.
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More Examples of Functions

For Teachers 8th Standards
Discrete or not discrete? Individuals learn about the difference between discrete and non-discrete functions in the fourth installment of a 12-part module. They classify some examples of functions as being either discrete or non-discrete.
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What Drives the Stock Prices?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers see that earnings drive stock prices. More importantly, students look for earnings growth from the continuing operations of a business.
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Residential Power System

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Perform data analysis on energy consumption to apply algebraic expressions to the real world. Learners will write and solve equations that answer various questions from residential power use. They will collect data at home and calculate...
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Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations.  In this economics lesson, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll.  Students compete for their...
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Shopping

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine how much money they have in hand, find and read the price of a product, determine which product to buy, determine if they have enough money, and count out exact change or determine how much change is due.
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Allowance Time

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete a worksheet in which they determine ways of using coins to make the value of $1.00.
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How Much is Your Name Worth?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners identify the value of each coin type and then use a code to assign each letter of the alphabet to the value of the coins. They add coin combinations to determine the value of their name.
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Problem Solving

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders solve problems involving money at learning situations. They solve the problems and determine if there is a solution, one solution, or many solutions. They write problems that have more than one solution and incorporate...
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A Penny for Your Thoughts

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students collect pennies to donate to Kiwanis International for their international effort to buy salt for children's bone development. They calculate the amount of money donated, calculate how many children will receive salt, and write...
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Budgeting - The Basics, Part 1

For Teachers K - 8th
Students investigate personal budgets and discuss how to make monetary decisions. They work in small groups to make money decisions for their classrooms or a playground, and present their decisions to the whole class.