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The REAL Cost of College

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the cost of college and how to plan and save. In this money management lesson students do research on the cost of college, learn about making financial choices, earning, spending, saving, investing and how they apply to...
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Learning to Spend, Learning to Give

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a monthly budget. In this finances lesson, students learn the terms budget, income and expenses. Middle schoolers create a monthly spending plan and keep track of what they make and spend for the next 30 days. ...
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Payment Parliament

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate how the economy works by role playing in their class.  In this money management instructional activity, students read parts from a script for use in a role playing instructional activity simulating the Federal...
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Francine's Bad Hair Day

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students watch a video titled Francine's Bad Hair Day about a girl who can't get her look right on picture day. In this body image lesson plan, students discuss the role of the media on body image and what people "should" look like.
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The 3R's: Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete seven work stations that highlight math activities while they focus on the rules for Internet use and classroom rules for working in cooperative groups. After completing the activities, they complete a self-...
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Create Koi Nobori: Carp Kites

For Teachers K
Students study the Japanese art of Koi Nabori or carp kites. They create their own carp kites with repeating patterns.
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Spring Potted Plants

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils identify and interpret plant growth as well as gain graphing skills and other important knowledge related to potting plants. They take a regular milk jug and cut off the top, leaving the handle and the rest intact. Then, students...
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Jefferson on a Nickel

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study our third president, Thomas Jefferson through stories and poems. They investigate the attributes of a nickel.
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Bingo Brown and the Language of Love

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study credit and interest in a novel and consumer math activity. In this credit instructional activity, students read the book Bingo Brown and the Language of Love. Students discuss the book and the ideas of credit, interest,...
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Introduction to Earning Interest: What are APR and APY?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance lesson, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and compound interest. ...
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Out to Lunch

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a menu. In this math activity, 6th graders use mean, median and mode to determine the prices for the typical cost of an appetizer, entree, kid's meal, drinks and dessert. Students write a number sentence to show how...
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Pascal's Patterned Triangle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders receive a brief history of Pascal's triangle. As a class the students construct the first few rows of the triangle. The students are then split into groups where they finish a worksheet identifying the total value of each...
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Risk Taker - Probability Web Quest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete an on line, teacher created, webquest to study the origin of probability, theoretical and simulated probability; computing the probability of two independent events; and mutually exclusive events. They make a...
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Introduction to Estimation and Making Arrays

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the concept of estimating and organizing a group of objects into an array to count the exact number of items. They create their own arrays and practice elements of estimation.
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Invest in Yourself

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop the concept of finances. In this finance lesson, students watch a video called, "Moving Out." Students calculate the finances of a character in the video. Students experience various budget scenarios such as earning...
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Mavericks and Measurement

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the measurement formulas for area and perimeter in real-life situations. In this area and perimeter lesson, students design a bed and arrange furniture in a hotel room using area and perimeter formulas for a 7 1/2 foot...
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There's No Accounting for Good Journals

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders create journals on their spending habits. In this money-management lesson plan, 10th graders create and keep journals of their personal income and expenditures. Students learn to use Excel to create a spreadsheet for their...
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Tessellations in Excel

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
Students complete an Excel project on tessellations. In this technology and math lesson, students discuss tessellations and their occurrences in nature. Students use the Excel computer program to create tessellations.
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Is it Olympic Time?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the Winter Olympics by studying the geography of the 2010 Vancouver games.  In this competitive sports lesson plan, students identify the planning and preparation needed to produce an event like the Winter Olympics....
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Can You Walk a Mile With My Foot?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the measurement of a foot as a customary unit. They take part in a series of activities to help them acquire skills of using a foot to compare other units of measurement. The...
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Pumpkin Fallacies

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete circumference activities using a pumpkin and explore treating people fairly in regards to their physical characteristics. In this math and character instructional activity, students view images of pumpkins and describe...
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A Statistical Look at Jewish History.

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages by completing activities. In this research analysis lesson, 8th graders look at different websites to figure out Jewish populations in different situations.
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Are We There Yet?

For Teachers K
Students continue to study rhyming words. They use words and illustrations to help develop their vocabulary.
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On Our Own- Surviving on Another Planet

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils investigate current models for Lunar and Martian settlements and study the mathematics behind these designs. They design their own Lunar or Martian settlement with an explanation of why their model would work best.

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