Language Guide
Language Guide: El Dinero
These interactive vocabulary words pertain to words one would need to know in dealing with money. Pop-ups play audio with Spanish pronunciation and display correct spelling when the mouse is moved over each illustration.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Making Change
Students can practice counting coins and making change in this interactive web lesson.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Too Much Noise
Students count and add coins to determine the fewest number needed to produce a given amount.
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Other
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Coins & Currency [Pdf]
Eleven-page file highlighting the history of American currency, from Columbus to the American Revolution to the Information Age. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Legendary Coins and Currency
Archived images of coins from a beautiful online exhibition on the history of money.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Money in Colonial Times
Comprehensive overview of the development of money in the American colonies. Topics covered include colonial coins and paper money, national coinage, copper, silver, and gold coins, and Liberty and the eagle.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Become a Spice Trader
This site provides detailed information about the adventures of becoming a spice trader. The site allows the researcher to experience an exhibit as a "traveler" by clicking on various links.
US Mint
United States Mint: History
Learn about the United States Mint and how it was created by the Constitution. Details on coins the Mint has produced, its role in U.S. history, and growth.
Other
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: My Money
A PDF student workbook to teach elementary students about money, including values of coins, opportunity costs, and goods and services.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Dimes and Pennies
Three timed games are offered on this site to help students practice counting dimes and pennies.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Change Due
This lesson explains what making change is, contains a game and other resources to help you practice this important skill.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Consumer Math
From basics such as adding and subtracting money, converting coins, and making change to more advanced topics such as sales tax and simple interest, this interactive tutorial offers help with consumer math issues.
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 learners 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-activity unit using the Smithsonian collection of currency to teach students about the first American money. Other resources are given and all materials are downloadable.
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.