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Saving Makes Cents

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify ways families save money. In this financial lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and discuss ways to save money. Students identify coin values and practice counting money.
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Give it Back from a Snack

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students conduct and analyze a survey about snacks. For this graphing lesson, students ascertain which snacks would be the best choice for the community. Students hold a sale and decide how the money could best be spent for the school...
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Soil Testing and Measurement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students prepare their garden plot. In this gardening lesson, students use the Internet or book on plants to make sure the plants they have selected will be able to grow in their garden. The students assess and mark out the garden...
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Learning to Spend, Learning to Give

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a monthly budget. In this finances lesson, students learn the terms budget, income and expenses. Students create a monthly spending plan and keep track of what they make and spend for the next 30 days. When complete,...
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Costs of Providing for animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the necessary costs of animals shelters and taking care of one pet. In this providing for animals lesson, students calculate the costs of keeping a pet. Students understand the need for outside funding for animal shelters.
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Learning to Spend, Learning to Give

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the concept of personal finances. In this personal finances lesson, students identify their income and expenses. Young scholars create a budget for their spending, saving, investing, and donating habits. Students...
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Thinking About Credit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of credit. In this credit lesson plan, students discuss what it means to buy items using credit. Students discuss how interest accrues and how much is really being paid with a credit card. Students calculate...
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Transformations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of transformations. In this transformations lesson plan, students use Geometer's Sketchpad to construct cyclic and dihedral figures. Students study reflection and rotation symmetry. Students discuss vertical,...
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Integers

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners graph integers on a number line. In this integers lesson, students create a colored foldable to assist them with notetaking and problem solving.  Learners complete exercises from text.
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Cent Sense

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify money values. In this money lesson, students sort and group coins by value and investigate the cost of supplies needed for a snack. Students prepare snacks for a snack sale.
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Harvesting the Produce

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate vegetables. In this multi-subject lesson, students learn about vegetables and participate in several activities using vegetables. A list of 7 materials is included.
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Planting Phil's Garden

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore gardening. In this agriculture lesson, students plan and plant seeds according to the procedure modeled by a "master gardener." Flowers are distributed at a local retirement home.
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Bullying and Core Democratic Values

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of core democratic values. After completing a survey of student populations regarding bullying, small groups analyze their findings and present their findings to the Student Council, principal,...
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The Nesting Habits of Folders

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create an organized web of nested grade level folers. Within each grade level folder, they create a Language Arts/Social Studies folder and a Math/Science folder. All folders be color coded.
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Modular Packaging

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students. in groups of two or three, design a box that contain a product. They must utilize design skills, spatial relationships, measurement skills and problem solving in order to design the most economically advantageous packaging.
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Making a Brain: Aritifical Neural Network

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore how the brain works. In this nervous system lesson plan, students create a network of "neurons" to simulate how the nervous system and the brain work together.
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The Commutative Property

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore arrays. They get into pairs and receive bags of small buttons to each group.
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Nonprofit and Profit Careers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine the difference between profit and nonprofit organizations. They identify careers that are available in each sector as well. They develop their own questions and interview people who are in those careers.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Azimuth and Arc Length

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students track the Azimuth sunrise and sunset over time by creating a chart.
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Maverick

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers apply probability to real life situation. In this statistics lesson, students play poker and make predictions on what hand they will get next. They apply their knowledge of how probability works to make their predictions.
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Using the Calculator (Part II)

For Teachers 1st
First graders watch a demonstration by their teacher to see how to use a calculator. They identify the numbers being used and input them into the calculator. On a worksheet, they record the answer and use coins to show the total.
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Using The Calculator

For Teachers 1st
First graders use a calculator to total money quantities. They use plastic coins to represent the cost of an entire purchase. Students model specific dollar amounts and how to make change.
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Using The Calculator

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore a calculator and practice using its basic functions. Students use the calculator to check math problems they complete. They will use a colored crayon to correct wrong answers.
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Pythagorean Theorem Proof

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the Pythagorean Theorem. Then they type up a formal paragraph proof of a proof of their choice.

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