Fourth graders examine the role of money. In this money lesson, 4th graders read a chapter from Judy Blume's, Double Fudge, to see how money is made and how people make money. They finish a worksheet, and play a game about money.

A wonderful lesson on identifying the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter awaits your young mathematicians. They engage in a multi-session lesson which allows them to practice using the values of each coin in worksheets and activities...

Students evaluate the time value of money. In this economics instructional activity, students define inflation, interest, and the future value of money.

Use the special Tennessee State Quarter as a learning tool. During this lesson, discuss why the Tennessee Quarter has musical instruments on it. You can also utilize a worksheet embedded in the plan to help your class compose a song that...

Help young mathematicians make cents out of the US currency system with this two-part math lesson. Children first learn the names and values for each type of coin, before learning to count and compare the values of coins using the...

Determine whether the payoff is worth it. Pupils calculate the expected value of a game with three different payoff levels. Each level has a different probability of winning money. The scholars find the expected payoffs for each...

Few topics engage young mathematicians as much as learning about money. Through a series of shared readings and hands-on activities, children explore the US currency system, learning how to count money and calculate change as they create...

Students investigate the currencies used by different countries, and explore the principles of currency trading by exchanging currencies at current market rates. They, in groups, access websites which give them current rates.

The real value of education is highlighted in more than one way on a worksheet designed to not only add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, but also to address the correlation between higher pay...

Learners demonstrate that they can use a variety of coin combinations to make a single amount. They study all the ways to make 50 cents using coins using different coins.

Spin a wheel, land on a color ... and win. Learners create a graph to display the probabilities of the amount of money they can win by spinning a colored wheel. The pupils use the dollar amounts and their probabilities to calculate the...

Students examine the concept of Time Value Money, Present Value and Future Value.

Students investigate the value of coins. In this coin value instructional activity, students read The Penny Pot by Stuart Murphy. Students expand on skills learned in the book and engage in activities to determine the value of a mixed...

Students complete activities to study the value of money. In this money study lesson, students read a story about money and discuss how they earn money at home. Students watch a related video clip and create a class book about the ways...

Students identify characteristics of a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter, match the value of coins, and practice using money for a purchase.

Students explore the value of currency and how to save and earn interest. In a key lesson, kids even get to purchase items in their classroom's general store. It's a fun way to learn the importance of being financially literate!

First graders identify value of coins and complete coin counting activities.

After listening to the wonderful book, A Chair for my Mother, young mathematicians engage in an awesome lesson plan about coins and the value of saving money. The lesson plan is done in a classic style - everything is beautifully...

A dollar bill, a check, a credit card, and... a cow? What exactly are the various forms of payment that exist today? Your learners will identify the three functions of money in this activity. In addition, they will discover the most...

Middle and high schoolers solve four word problems based on three different graphs of ordered pairs which show the amount of money spent on lunch on particular days. Next, learners are given two equations of functions, and an x value and...

Students count collections of coins and one-dollar bills. They solve problems and learn to use the dollar sign ($) with the decimal point to represent money amounts. This lesson is important as a foundation for future math concepts in...

Students explore decimals and fractions using groups of 100 pennies. By classifying the pennies in different ways, there are an unlimited number of ways to learn fractions, decimals, and place value in money. This is a good, hands-on...

Students use manipulative to identify the ones and tens digit in a number, use pictorial representation to identify the ones and tens digit in a number and determine the value of a number given tens and ones.