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Money doesn't grow on trees—it grows on walls. Using pictures of a Guggenheim art installation consisting of one-dollar bills glued to a wall, future mathematicians consider the monetary value of the bills used in the installation. Obviously, some estimation strategies come in handy for the task.
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- Use game money to model the situation
- Team up with an art teacher for the lesson
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- Scholars should have experience with areas of rectangles
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- Topic is interesting to young learners
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