Students, using their knowledge of place value and number sense, play this counting game in small groups, or as a whole class, to see who be the first person to reach 50 cents.

Fourth graders explore business by participating in physical activities. In this entrepreneur lesson, 4th graders define profit and how it is necessary to run a successful business. Students pop balloons with monetary values inside and...

Young scholars discover how to use a phone book and the want ads to find a job, how to fill out a job application, and how to write/type a resume. They participate in a mock job interview.

Students explore the concept of vertex-edge graphs.  In this vertex-edge graphs lesson plan, students try to construct a graph with a given diameter, number of vertices, size, and planarity.  Students construct various...

Students graph quantities to help explain the concept of pay yourself first, reinforce basic skills through the playing of bingo, and discuss the concept of charitable giving.

Young scholars engage in an interactive play scenario. They are the new managers of a fictional city and live in a place where nothing is recycled. Students are faced with various problems that need to be solved. They work together to...

Pupils practice counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s in order to prepare for counting and adding the values of coins.

Students listen to the book, Arthur's Funny Money, then play The Price is Right game to estimate and to chart the price of items to the nearest $1.00 and $10.00. They check their estimates by counting out the actual amount in play money.

Students complete Perseverance, Courage, and Caring lessons from Get into the Game: Beyond Winning to properly prepare students for cooperative group learning and create a class climate conducive for a successful unit. They create a...

Students consider the implications of eating out. In this family budgeting instructional activity, students determine how to make better meal-budgeting choices as they play a game called "Let's Eat Out".

Students participate in a game in which they are introduced to the Federal Reserve system. After indentifying new vocabulary, they decide which categories to choose from and select a spokesperson for each team. They play the game...

Students reflect on how many board games they've played have African Americans, their culture or history incorporated within. They identify four street games and three card games that appeal to African Americans. They play the...

Twelfth graders explore different ways of shopping to try to save money.  In this economics lesson, 12th graders participate in a game that explains various shopping tips.  Students generate other shopping tips as a group to...

Students develop an understanding of monetary policy. In this monetary policy activity, students define economic indicators and specify the economic conditions they reflect. Students explain the three functions of the system and play a...

In this idioms worksheet, students complete 6 quiz questions regarding card game idioms. Information is provided for students to read the different card game idioms and their descriptions prior to answering the questions.

Students investigate mining and economics. In this mining lesson, students play a game in which they purchase property, mine the property, and pay for reclamation.  Students earn money for each ore mined. 

Students explain assets, liabilities and expenses. They record information on income statements and balance sheets and brainstorm opportunities to make money work for them.

Fourth graders study the role of money in society and define how to earn an income. In this human capital lesson, 4th graders read the book Shoeshine Girl and discuss it. Students discuss various economic concepts and complete the...

Students consider the cost of living in Haiti. In this Haiti lesson plan, students reflect on Ayiti, an online game, to examine the poverty experienced in Haiti. Students respond to the provided discussion questions pertaining to their...

In this math applications worksheet, students solve 6 varied problems that include estimation, money, basic operations, pictographs and geometry.

Students explore math facts.  In this calculation and math facts lesson, students play a board game in which addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division math facts are practiced.  A copy of the game is included.

Students role play ordering a pizza focusing on requests and vocabulary including numbers, money and food. They brainstorm food items and create the menu. Using virtual money, they order and fill out a spending worksheet.

Students investigate decimal values to the thousandths using a handheld. A web page is read, animation is used, and knowledge gathered utilized in a game.

Learners explore decimals. They use personal computers to compare decimal numbers and examine place value. Students participate in an animation game to complete decimal problems.