Curated OER
Take a Dip: Sticky Water
Students complete lab activities to investigate the "sticky" properties of water, such as surface tension and capillary action, due to the polarity of the molecules.
Curated OER
Sorting Sizes
Students follow a pattern. In this sorting lesson, students are given various objects and they must sort them from smallest to largest.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies
Students can practice adding coins using the interactive games and practice exercises provided on this site.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Dollars, Dimes, and Pennies
Practice counting money using this online game. You'll be adding different combinations of dollars, dimes, and pennies together. The game keeps a running total of your correct and incorrect answers, as well as the percent of correct...
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Counting Lesson Using Pennies and Dimes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Saxon Math Lesson 53 - writing the Number 48 counting pennies and dimes.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Nickels and Pennies
Use this interactive game to practice adding pennies and nickels. The game keeps a running total of how many correct and incorrect answers you've given.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Lets Go Shopping With Pennies and Nickels
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to count nickels and pennies to pay for different items. Use this flipchart in addition to your lesson or as a center activity.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: How Much Money Do You Have
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart every page has a different total value of currency. Students can practice counting money. This flipchart can be used to add to your currency lesson or used as a center.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Dimes and Pennies
Use this online game to add different combinations of dimes and pennies. The game keeps a percent score of your correct answers, as well as a running total of the number of your correct and incorrect answers.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Nickels and Pennies
Use this interactive online game to find the sums of different combinations of pennies and nickels. The game keeps a running total of correct and incorrect answers, as well as the percent of correct answers.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Count the Pennies
Use this online quiz to count the pennies and find the total value of the money. Answers are in multiple choice format, and the total score is shown as you answer each question. The questions are generated randomly.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Value of Coins
Use this interactive game to match the value of a coin with the name of the coin. The game lets you know when you answer an item correctly. Scroll down to view the game.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Flavor Fiesta: Money Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will investigate money through an ice cream parlor activity. Students will determine the cost of an ice cream sundae using a recipe and price list. Students will use their Activotes to select...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Practicing With Coins
[Free Registration/Login Required] Count money to 50 cents using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
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.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing for Math Class: Follow the Path of Five Dollars
In this lesson plan, Pat Brisson's book Benny's Pennies is used as a mentor text. Students will discover ways to spend money that meets specific criteria. Students must explain their process for their spending choices, and then they must...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Lets Go Shopping With Pennies
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to count pennies to pay for different items. Use this flipchart in addition to your lesson or as a center activity.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Lets Go Shopping With Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to count dimes, nickels, and pennies to pay for different items. Use this flipchart in addition to your lesson or as a center activity.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Penny and Dice Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a game using the dice tool and pennies to practice addition and counting. Students start out playing with one partner and one die. Later you can increase the partners up to four. This...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: A Battery That Makes Cents
Batteries are expensive to purchase in a store, but you can make one your self for exactly 24 cents. In this experiment, you will make your own voltaic pile using pennies and nickels and determine how many coins in a pile will make the...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Millersville Mall
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use the concept of counting pennies and nickels to shop at the Millersville Mall.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Let's Go Shopping
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to count change and dollars to pay for different items. Use this flipchart in addition to your lesson or as a center activity.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Coin Identification
Two very basic coin identification activities and a teacher lesson plan are available at this website. These activities may require an explanation before primary age students can use them.