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In the Bag!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils calculate how many quarters are in a $1,000 bag (after learning the dollar value of filled coin bags). They explain their problem-solving strategy using pictures, numbers, equations, and/or words.
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File Card Bridges

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make different variations of file card bridges and predict how much weight it will hold. In this file card bridges lesson plan, students put file cards between books in different ways and predict how many pennies it will hold.
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Finding Mass

For Teachers 8th
Student measure mass to discover how pennies have changed in their composition. In this measurement lesson, 8th graders investigate through an open-ended problem to discover how the US pennies composition changed in the 1980's.
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A Family Spending Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate family expenditures. In this family budget lesson, students examine the wages and expenditures of family and then create a monthly budget for the family to follow.
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What Is Money?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars discuss the difference between earned and unearned income. They use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (with whole numbers, fractions, decimals and/or percents, mixed numbers) to solve real-world math...
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Managing Your Money

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discuss different money management options in a variety of situations. They identify moments to share, spend and save money.
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Are You Money Smart?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners figure out and discuss the irony of this coin-centric poem. They also practice persuasive letter writing, and identify and count coin/money values.
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Currency Exchange Rates

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students, in groups, choose three countries from which to investigate exchange rates versus the US dollar. Using Internet research they follow daily exchange rates and compute the percentage change. They compile data and prepare and...
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Tobacco Math

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how much money they can save by not smoking.
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Retirement: Show Me the Money!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of retirement finances. In this retirement finances lesson, students discuss what it means to save, invest, risk, or the time value of money. Students play the stock market game. Students interview a parent...
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Sorting Pennies, A Wagering Activity for Algebra I

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students solve weight equations. In this equations lesson, groups of students weigh and separate pennies to find information necessary to solve simultaneous equations. The teacher provides equations based on the weight of pennies before...
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Going Camping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting lesson, students pretend to have $120 to spend on camping gear for a camping trip. Middle schoolers decide which items are absolutely necessary. Students calculate the...
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Show Me the Money!!!

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Pupils research employment rates in the United States with a focus on broadcast journalists. In this employment rate instructional activity, students visit the given websites to explore popular states to live in, highest and lowest...
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Lesson #73 Absolute Maximum and Minimum

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students listen to a lecture about absolute maximum and absolute minimum. In this maximum and minimum lesson students use steps to find points and practice with an example.
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Celebrating the Universal Language of Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Math games and activities spark the imagination while building crucial skills.
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A Plan for the Future: Making a Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
From fixed and variable expenses to gross income and net pay, break down the key terms of budgeting with your young adults and help them develop their own plans for spending and saving.
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What Drives the Stock Prices?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students see that earnings drive stock prices. More importantly, students look for earnings growth from the continuing operations of a business.
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Charitable Giving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Charitable organizations and monetary donations to these organizations are the focus of the financial literacy lesson plan presented here. Learners explore how donations benefit both the organization and the people it serves. Each pupil...
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Price

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete worksheets on producers and consumers and the total price of a group of items. In this price lesson plan, 1st graders read the book A Dollar for Penny in order to understand price, producers, and consumers, and...
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A Biblical Perspective

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze money using a Biblical and business perspective. In this algebra lesson, students define their money relationship biblically and in a business fashion. They compare their view with the view of someone in the Gold Rush days.
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A Day to Remember!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study math. In this real-life problem solving lesson plan, students work on their skills dealing with time and money. They work in small groups on various time and money word problems and by the final day they have a final...
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Beanie Baby Bonanza

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders add and subtract decimals.  In this third grade mathematics instructional activity, 3rd graders are given an imaginary $100 to purchase five Beanie Babies.  Students determine which five they would like to purchase and...
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Wampum

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore different ways of trading to get what they want. In this algebra lesson plan, students explore goods, money, services and exchange. They compare the use of money to the use of potlach.
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Banking for Your Future

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students get a handle on their own personal finances. They discover how banks work, how to plan and stick to a budget, and other helpful tips on managing money. They study the Federal Reserve System, which oversees the nation's banks.

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