CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Which Amount Is Not Equal to a Given Amount of Money
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive media source, the video analyzes which amount of money is not equal to the given amount. The process shows how to add each coin amount and then...
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help Center: What Is Money?
Introduction explains what money is. This is followed by a brief history of commodity money and fiat money. Finally, this site explains the essential functions and characteristics of money.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Lesson Plan: Money, Money, Money
It all about money! Explore the concept of money in this real-world, unit plan. A collection of six lessons where students practice skills such as coin identification, mental math, menu math, making change, math operations with coins,...
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nickel
Thorough summary of information on nickel, including alloys and environmental issues. Detailed.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Coins for Candy
An interactive lesson helps students identify, compare, and learn the value of coins including pennies, nickels, and dimes.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Grandpa's Game
An interactive learning tutorial helps students practice counting coins.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Revolutionary Money
A two-lesson unit using the Smithsonian collection of currency to teach learners about the first American money. Other resources are given and all materials are downloadable.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Currency
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on currency discusses the history and evolution of currency. It also discusses the code used to define currency, provides a list of currency names by country, and gives a listing of currency symbols.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting the Bills and Coins
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Counting money with dollar bills and coins. The video is followed by practice problems to assess student understanding of the concept.
Other
Kokogiak Media: The Mega Penny Project
What does one quintillion pennies look like? Would it cover the Earth or Mt. Everest? Use this site to visualize the value of money.
Other
Fayette County Public Schools Curriculum: Counting Money
This site has a review of current U.S. coin values.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Learning Coins
Explore a tutorial to learning facts about the coins and their value then play a game to sort the coins by value.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Counting Money
In this multi-level game, students count money up to one hundred dollars.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Money Bingo
Students can practice counting different types of coins and bills by playing an online Bingo game.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: The History of Money
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis traces the history of money up from coins in ancient times to modern paper, currency, and e-money.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing
For this lesson, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Students will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were made and...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: A Pocketful of Gold?
Learn more about the Susan B. Anthony silver dollar, the Sacagawea coin, and other coins through this resource.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Nickel
A nice collection of all sorts of information on nickel, its properties, isotopes and uses. Very informative.
Read Works
Read Works: All About Money
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of money. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins and Dollars in Words
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice converting money from coins into dollars.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins Two Units
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to count the sum of coins combining 2 units and converting that total into another unit. The video is followed by practice problems to assess...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Let's Find Out About Money
In this multisensory lesson, students will learn the characteristics of each coin (penny, nickel, dime and quarter) and the value for each type of coin. Students will learn record observational data, learn a song, recite a poem, and play...
Can Teach
Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help students understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
PBS
Nova Online: History of Money
A timeline of money from 9000 B.C. to the present day that explains the types of money being used at various times in history.