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Elementary Economics:Making Smart Choices

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students understand what good and bad choices are in regards to money and review and reinforce the value of each coin. They identify parts of a story as well as the sequencing. They then create their own sequence of events in words...
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Farmers Dilemma

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils investigate the "futures" market and how it affects farmers by completing a prediction activity utilizing bags of M&Ms. While completing this activity, students practice basic mathematics skills and reinforce economic terms.
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Economics Quiz

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this economic worksheet, students answer 55 multiple-choice questions. Most of the questions are microeconomic in nature but there are macroeconomics questions as well.
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SOIL

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders name the various materials that comprise soil, including weathered rock and other organic matter; and explain that soils differ in their color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of many...
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Soil

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders name the various materials that comprise soil, including weathered rock and other organic matter. They explain that soils differ in their color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of many...
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Introduction to Earning Interest: What are APR and APY?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance instructional activity, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and...
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Writing and Solving Equations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore equations. In this solving equations lesson, 5th graders examine visual examples of writing and solving equations. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
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Double V Campaign: Victory at Home and Victory Abroad

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students write a persuasive essay as if they were an African American in World War II and decide if they would contribute war bonds or not. In this World War II lesson plan, students study the segregation of World War II and the unity...
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Handling Data: Probability, Chase Me game

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners participate in a simulation in which the aim is for the tortoise to catch up with the hare or vice versa. Moves are decided by throwing two dice. Adding together the numbers on the two dice tells you which animal moves one...
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Credit: Buy Now & Pay Later

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine credit and how it works. In this financial literacy activity, students review the pros and cons of credit in order to purchase goods and services by answering provided questions and working within a group to come up with...
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Not So Snappy 7

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students look for the answers to the word problems that focus upon using the number seven. They develop vocabulary and problem solving skills.
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Aluminum Altruism

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore the value of recycling. They consider the importance of giving back to their school community. They calculate their earnings using multiplication and addition.
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Ten Pennies

For Teachers K - 6th
Students play logic and strategy games with pennies. In this pennies worksheet, students play one game called 'From counting to arithmetic', and one called 'Counting and mental math'.
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The Yo-Yo Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What do yo-yos and pennies have to do with linear equations? Learn about writing and solving linear equations while considering the Yo-Yo Problem and Penny Pattern Exploration from the High School Math Project. Learners utilize algebra...
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Create a Budget

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars develop a budget spreadsheet to manage finances for their business.  In this finance lesson, students use a spreadsheet program to create a budget with credit and debit columns.  There are step-by-step directions...
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Mathematics: Domino Theory

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use dominos and plastic chips to study common denominators and fractions. They describe how these operations are related to each other.
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Islamic Inheritance Mathematics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars determine how a woman's estate is divided among her beneficiaries according to Islamic inheritance law. They add and subtract fractions.
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Subtraction and Addition Word Problems Made Easy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create addition and subtraction word problems for a partner to solve using marbles. They explain whether the problem is an addition, subtraction, "take away", "have and need", compare or "what is the rest" type problem.
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Let Us Go Shopping!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders add merchandise up to find total cost and line up numbers correctly to the decimal point.
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Word Problems: Algebra

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss algebraic symbols, equalities and unknown quantities, review sample problems and complete associated worksheets.