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The Euro: Classroom Exercises

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine trade between the United States and the European Union. In this costs of goods lesson, students conduct research to identify the costs of goods made in the EU in America and the cost of goods made in America in the EU.
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Set Up Your Own Apartment

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students divide into groups and 'set up' an apartment together making lists of items to purchase from an allowance of money. They gain practice with basic equations in a real life context.
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Malaysia Ten Minute Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Malaysia worksheet, students respond to 12 fill in the blank, 4 true or false, 2 short answer, 4 matching, and 3 multiple choice questions about the geography and culture of the country.
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Transportation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the rules of different forms of transportation. They see how to read the public transportation schedule and recognize all the possible ways of getting from one place to another.
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Jamie's Kids Cooking

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students visit a Japanese cooking website. They locate information in a recipe, write their own recipe in Japanese, write a cooking memo in dictionary form, and create a cooking video.
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Solving Algebraic Equations

For Students 6th
In this algebraic equations worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 9 different word problems that include various types of equations. First, they find consecutive even numbers and write an equation to solve. Then, students write a...
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Ratio Worksheets

For Students 5th - 8th
In this ratios worksheet, learners complete the ratios of quantities of money, time, and measurements in the lowest terms. Students complete 8 problems total on this worksheet.
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Building a Better Home for the Three Little Pigs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders draw a set of blueprints and record measurements on them. They add, subtract and multiply to work within their house-building budget.
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The Taxpayer's Responsibilities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore system of voluntary compliance, and describe taxpayers' responsibilities related to filing a tax return.
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Wind Chimes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct wind chimes using physics. In small groups they design and create wind chimes using a specific weights, number of notes, and keeping the cost under ten dollars.
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By The Pound

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students develop mathematical skills using measurement in the form of weight. They also perform calculations to find cost and strengthen estimation skills while comparing the actual price. The context for the lesson is in the industry of...
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Let's Take a Chance!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate probability and the chance of an even happening. In this algebra lesson, students incorporate their knowledge of probability to solve problems and relate it to the real world. They learn to make decisions based on data.
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Buy Low, Sell High

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners investigate the stock market and investing in corporate stocks by creating an investment portfolio. They develop database worksheets that track their stock's performance over a specified period of time. Students use their...
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A Look at Individual Federal Income Tax

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of a personal federal income tax. They conduct research and participate in class discussion in order to deal some of the issues. They include why there is an individual income tax and how the money is...
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Density Lab Activities

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students participate in several density lab activities in order to clarify the misconceptions that solids sink and liquids float. Students work with triple beam balances to find mass of objects to calculate density.
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Problem Solving- Basic Operations

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this math worksheet, students solve 10 word problems in which all 4 basic operations are used. The story problems are spaced so students have ample room to calculate their answers.
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Starting Your Own Business

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read a book and complete several correlating activities to learn how to start their own business. In this economic and math lesson, 5th graders read the book The Toothpaste Millionaire. Students define the term...
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Weigh Before You Pay: Debit or Credit?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of debit and credit cards. In this debit and credit card lesson, students read an article about debit and credit cards. Students discuss differences between the two forms of payment. Students calculate the...
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What's in GDP?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars define GDP and collect data on a country's budget. In this economics lesson, students differentiate between real and nominal GDP. This activity contains an answer key to the activities.  
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Regents High School Examination Comprehension Examination in English Session One (2005)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to an account and write an essay response.  Students then read a text and study a graph and write an essay based on the information given.
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Pwerball Problem

For Students 10th - 12th
For this statistics and probability worksheet, students consider the problem of lowering the odds of the Powerball lottery by determining the range of the white balls and the powerball. The one page worksheet contains one problem with...
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Oliver- Part 3 of 3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Oliver worksheet, students watch videos of the play and fill in the blanks to sentences about it. Students complete 2 activities.
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Translating Expressions

For Students 9th
In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders translate English phrases and sentences into algebra phrases and equations.  The one page interactive worksheet contains a combination of thirty-five multiple choice and free response...
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Averages Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this averages worksheet, students complete word problems containing averages of money, kilograms, height, and more. Students complete 20 problems.