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It's a Sale!
Students make good decisions about making purchases of items on sale and explain how percentages effect cost.
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Calculating and Applying Basic Probability
Eighth graders investigate the basic concepts of probability. In this probability lesson, 8th graders learn the associated probability. They work with spinners, colored cubes in a bag, flip coins, and choose colored candies while they...
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Maps
Students investigate threee types of maps. For this algebra lesson, students idenitfy different maps and explore how they relate to the area keeping cllimate and topography in mind. They discuss maps used to navigate land. air and sea.
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Accounting
Students create bank reconciliation spreadsheet. In this algebra instructional activity, students discuss the basics about business, money and bank accounts. They use a bank reconciliation statement correctly.
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Earth Day - Hooray
Young scholars listen to the story, Earth Day - Hooray!, and discuss the story as it is being read. In this Earth Day lesson, students discuss incentives and penalties in regards to taking care of the Earth. This lesson plan also...
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Literacy Activity: Mouse Shapes
Students listen to the book Mouse Shapes and identify the shapes in the book as it is being read. In this shapes lesson plan, students identify the shapes in the book, and then play with cut out shapes that they can hold in their hands.
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Agriculture Counts
Learners understand the importance of counting in their lives.In this counting lesson, students participate in a counting agricultural goods activity. Learners complete worksheets and understand why counting is important in agriculture.
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Coin Conversions
Fifth graders explore relationship between fractions, decimals and percents through use of money.
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Decimal Notation for Pennies and Dimes
Second graders write money in decimal form. In this money lesson, 2nd graders discuss the value of coins and find the placement of the decimal in writing the amount. They find the fractional parts of coins in a dollar.
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The Euro
Students investigate foreign currency. In this secondary mathematics lesson, students explore the reasons why the countries of the European Union switched to the euro. Additionally, students explore the possible reasons why Denmark,...
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Two of Everything
Pupils listen to story Two of Everything, illustrate coins they would put into the Magic Pot using paper and pencil, and solve Magic Pot riddles by viewing slide show and predicting coin totals. Students then create table listing...
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Understanding Risk And Return
Learners engage in a lesson introducing them to the concept of Risk and Return. Risk and return is a basic principle that should be understood before investing money. They utilize an interactive worksheet imbedded in this plan.
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Holiday Shopping
Fourth graders find change for an amount given. In this real life subtraction lesson plan, 4th graders use an advertisement to select items to "buy." They figure out how much money they would pay the cashier and how much money they will...
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An Academic, Economic, Cultural, and Political Lesson Plan
Students reflect on how many board games they've played have African Americans, their culture or history incorporated within. They identify four street games and three card games that appeal to African Americans. They play the...
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A Way to Wealth: Understanding Interest and Investments
Money motivates! Help young bankers understand how math plays a part in investing. Give learners math practice while instilling real-world financial literacy skills.
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Digger and the Gang
Help online friends Digger and Sprat from the BBC series to solve math problems! In a series of activities, your class will use data sets to calculate measurements, averages, means, and probabilities. The class completes worksheets and...
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The Art of Budgeting
Class members learn how to set up and maintain a personal budget through discussion, financial planning worksheets, and a brief PowerPoint presentation.
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An American Spy with Money To Spend
Sixth graders use their imagination, math, reading, computer, geography, and social studies skills in this unique, innovative, and fun lesson where students pretend to be international spies!
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Lesson 2: Savings Accounts and U.S. Savings Bonds
Students explore the importance of savings accounts and U.S. Savings Bonds. They study the concept of simple interest through a math activity.
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What Shape Is Money? Money Doesn't Have to Be Round or Rectangular
Middle schoolers explain that many kinds of objects have been used as money. After identifying qualities that make a good currency, they design a nontraditional currency and decide on its value.
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Three Coins on a Table
Students discuss the subject of coins and heads and tails. They work in groups to solve Fran's problem concentrating on the fact that the coins are in a row. Any group that finishes early can try the Extension problem.
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All Those Advertising Dollars!
Students calculate percent increases (or percent decreases) for the top 25 companies in terms of advertising dollars spent during a year.
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Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem
Students explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs. In this vertex-edge graphs instructional activity, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity. Students construct various...
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Let's Make Lemonade Lesson 3: What's the Big Idea?
Students examine and decide on a service-learning project to perform. They design and execute posters that advertise the project using geometric shapes.