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Savings and Earnings

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete several activities to learn about earning, budgeting, and saving money. In this saving money lesson, 5th graders read a book about saving money and complete a 'Savings and Earnings' worksheet. Students work in...
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Wise Shoppers

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete several activities to learn about currency and the functions of money. In this money functions lesson, students complete activities to learn what are the functions of money. Students calculate item prices with...
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Saving and Creating a Personal Budget

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders brainstorm ways to save money. In this financial awareness lesson plan, 5th graders read a chapter from the book, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and create a personal budget for themselves.
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Pecan Power

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the origins of pecans and complete a bar graph from the data they have discovered. In this pecan lesson plan, students draw pecans, discuss a pecan time line, and draw a bar graph comparing Arizona pecans to other...
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Writing Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students write linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students are given information and asked to write an equation. They solve real world problems apply concepts of linear equations.
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Analyzing Country Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze different data in percentage form. In this statistics lesson, students plot data using box-plots, dotplot, and histogram. They compare and contrast the collected data using the boxplot.
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Stained Glass Polygons

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils follow directions to make a stained glass window design of regular and irregular polygons with specific geometric elements. In this geometry lesson plan, students also analyze other classmate's designs.
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What Does Percent Have to Do With It?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders go shopping for a real life experience involving percent. They explore the concepts of sales tax and discount prices.
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Rising and Falling Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore outcomes from the conversion of fractions to decimals in stock market quotes and explore fluctuating interest rates using an amortization calculator.
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Planning A School Garden

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars discover how to plan a vegetable garden. Each student take responsibility for growing one vegetable from seed, to transplanting the seedling into the soil, and providing the plant with light, moisture, temperature and...
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Basketball Calculating Percentage

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders calculate percentages, convert fractions to decimals, and decimals to fractions using information from a basketball game.
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OTC Medications

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students sort medications by likeness and use. They compare and contrast using a Venn Diagram, and find the differences and commonalities of over the counter and Rx medications.
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Business: Making a Budget

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students plan a one-month budget, allowing for unexpected expenses. Using checkbook skills, they pay mock bills. Working in small groups, students watch a teacher-prepared Powerpoint presentation, visit financial Websites, and utilize...
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Canada's Climate: Temperature and Rainfall Variations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze data about various climates in Canada. In this data analysis and climate lesson, students use Canada Year Book 1999 to complete a worksheet and make connections between precipitation and temperature in different climates.
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What Would You Do Without Nonprofits?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research nonprofit organizations within their community. In this nonprofits lesson plan, students use the yellow pages to identify the number of nonprofit organizations in their community. Students graph the number of nonprofit...
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Caldecott Medal Winners

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify Caldecott Medal winners. In this library media lesson, 2nd graders view an overhead transparency of Caldecott Medal winners from 1987-2004 and answer questions based on the data that is displayed.
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Earning an Income

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the role of money in society and define how to earn an income. In this human capital instructional activity, 4th graders read the book Shoeshine Girl and discuss it. Students discuss various economic concepts and...
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Adding and Subtracting Three-Digit Numbers by Jumping

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use data to graph information and draw conclusions. In this instructional activity on data analysis, 2nd graders practice gathering, sorting, comparing, and graphing data. Students differentiate data that can and cannot...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Equally Likely and Unequally Likely Outcomes

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore probability.  In this statistics/probability lesson, students compare experimental and theoretical probability and use experimental probability to make predictions and conjectures.  Students explore the...
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How Busy Are Bees?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners research the jobs of bees. In this timeline lesson, students map out each of the six different jobs a worker bee does in its lifetime. They create a timeline and then retell the job descriptions.
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Campaign 2000

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research newspapers and the Internet to learn about the election. Students work in groups and choose a state that they want to compare to Florida. Students organize the data they have found into a graph labeling an "x" and "y"...
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Finding Slope of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate the slope of a line. In this algebra lesson, students graph a line using the slope and y-intercepts. They define the steepness of the line using the slope.
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The Flat Earth

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students differentiate between different planes. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between a plane and a sphere. They discuss the Great Circle, Geodesic and Lune as it relates to the earth.
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Probability and Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students are taught to search the internet for statistics concepts on sports. In this probability lesson, students collect data and use the calculator to graph and analyze their data. They graph and make predictions about sports using...