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Those Golden Jeans

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students review the productives resources used to produce goods and services and explore how decisions are made in a market economy through the interactions of both the buyers and the sellers.
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Curated OER

Ions in the Environment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explain the importance of the five main biogeochemical cycles. In this chemistry lesson plan, students discuss how ions are transported in the environment. They design an experiment to collect data on eutrophication.
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Curated OER

Using Ion Exchange Chromatography to Separate Proteins

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore protein purification by separating a positively charged molecule, lysozyme, from a negatively charged molecule, albumin, at neutral pH using ion exchange chromatography.
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Curated OER

Brazilian Guilty of Murdering American Nun

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students read, analyze and critique a newspaper article about a nun's murder in Brazil. They assess key vocabulary terms found within the article, answer a variety of comprehension questions and study how to write a letter to a newspaper.
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Curated OER

Finding and Measuring What You Can't See

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how scientists measure pollutants in food and the environment. Students discover how scientists remove one material based on its physical properties. Students figure out how much of a pollutant is present after...
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Curated OER

Chessboard Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together on a word problem. They write a written report of the answer. They participate in a chessgame in which the answers are used.
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Curated OER

Rocking the Boat

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work together to discover the concepts of stability and equilibrium. They examine how equilibrium is related to an item's center of mass. They create their own action scene in a literacy activity.
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Curated OER

Basic Subtraction Facts: Missing Blanks

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students solve 20 subtraction problems in which there is a missing number in each. Students use the number line to fill in the missing number in each problem.
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Curated OER

Pounds of Pollution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine pollutants and investigate air pollution emitted by a car in a year.  In this air pollution lesson students complete an activity and make calculations. 
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Financial Pipeline: Interest Compounding

For Students 9th - 10th
This page gives a summary of compounding interest and distinguishes it from simple interest.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Compound Interest

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains, with examples, what compound interest is and how to calculate it using a formula. Also shows how to work backwards to calculate the present value of an investment, how compound interest is calculated for different compounding...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Compound Interest: Periodic Compounding

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at compound interest and at the special circumstances of periodic compounding where interest may be calculated annually or semi-annually, for example, and how that affects the interest rate. Presents examples of different...
Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Compound Interest Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
A calculator based on the compound interest formula that can be used to determine the Present Value, the Future Value, the Interest Rate, or the Number of Periods. You can select the type of compounding, the effective annual rate, and...
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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Understanding Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
Using this interactive lesson, you'll calculate compound interest and compare interest rates. In addition to learning about interest, you will also be learning about taking out a mortgage on a home. Three activities with questions...
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Other

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Introduction to Earning Interest 9 & 10

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson for 9th and 10th graders focuses on the concept of compound interest and its effect on savings. Young scholars will also learn how to compute simple and compound interest.
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Other

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Introduction to Earning Interest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, middle schoolers will learn about the concept of compound interest and understand its effect on savings. They will also learn how to compute simple and compound interest.
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Other

Finra Investor Education Foundation: Introduction to Earning Interest 11 & 12

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students will know and be able to use the formula for calculating compound interest and understand the effect of compounding on savings in this lesson plan.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Bf Compounding With a 5% Interest Rate

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In the problem presented here, money is invested in an account and its owner understands that interest compounded semi-annually gives a better return than interest compounded annually. He wonders how much interest can be earned by...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Compound Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a quick, concise explanation of Compound Interest. Examples are given and clearly explained using both the Yearly Compound Interest Formula and General Compound Interest Formula.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Compound Interest Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
The activity investigates compound interest, principal, and interest. Students can calculate different savings over time by inputting the monthly savings, starting age, and interest rate. The learning tool includes a graph that shows the...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Compound Interest Formula Derivations

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at how the formula for calculating the effect of compound interest is derived and how it is used to create formulas for finding the Future Value, the Present Value, the Interest Rate, and the Number of Periods. Includes lots of...
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Compound Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide for learning all about compound interest with definitions, formulas, solved examples, and practice questions.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Compound Interest

For Students 6th - 9th
This algebra lesson explains how compound interest works and where the formula comes from.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Compound Interest 1 Practice

For Students 6th - 9th
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for money and compound interest with solutions! Find the final amount when a given amount of money is invested.

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