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Grid and Percent It

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore percent. In this percent lesson, students investigate how to represent percentages on a hundreds grid. Working independently, students solve mathematical problems involving percentages.
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Can I Afford This Apartment?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of cost of living. In this cost of living lesson, students calculate the cost of living in an apartment along with other living expenses.
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The Leaves in October

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars determine whether or not to save or spend and defend a decision.  In this personal finance lesson, students identify opportunity cost of various spending and saving decisions. Young scholars read a story where two...
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Moving Out

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners determine their cost of living.  In this determining their cost of living instructional activity, students think of ten necessary things they would need if they moved out of their parents house.  Learners research the...
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File Card Bridges

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars make different variations of file card bridges and predict how much weight it will hold. For this file card bridges lesson plan, students put file cards between books in different ways and predict how many pennies it will...
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Eratosthenes And Radius of the Earth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate the radius of the earth. They use the method and data suggested by Eratosthenes. They investigate the interrelationships among mass, distance, force, and time through experimental processes.
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Finding Mass

For Teachers 8th
Student measure mass to discover how pennies have changed in their composition. In this measurement lesson, 8th graders investigate through an open-ended problem to discover how the US pennies composition changed in the 1980's.
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Financial Planning

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research possible careers. They determine typical starting income for the career. Using collected information, students develop a budget for their starting income. Students consider car payments and research the process of...
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Using Patterns

For Teachers 6th
In this math instructional activity, 6th graders use the time at home in order to work on the skill of recording data in the form of daily activities and statistics.
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Handling Data: Probability

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find and justify probabilities and approximations.  In this repeating experiment, 4th graders complete a worksheet after rolling die and tossing coins to determine outcomes.
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A Penny for Your Height

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate measurement.  In this fifth/sixth grade mathematics instructional activity, students explore the relationship between inches and centimeters.  Students measure their height in inches or centimeters and...
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The Federal Reserve

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...
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Comparing Linear and Exponential Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Teach your class how to differentiate between linear and exponential functions. They use exponential properties to solve problems, graph them using the TI-Navigator, and make comparisons.
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Decisions, Decisions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students open their own financial management consulting firm, which offers a variety of financial advice. They prepare a financial plan for a simulated client.
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Approximation of Pi

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the concept of Pi.  In this Pi lesson, students measure the circumference and diameter of a circle.  Young scholars record the diameter and circumference measurements from their classmates.  Students...
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The Ice Cream Stands Problem

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders pretend to set up an ice cream shop in a make believe town of shapes.  In this geometry lesson, 10th graders work together to put up an ice cream stand in an ideal location and solve for the minimum given the...
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Convert among decimals, fractions, and percents

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders convert among decimals, percents, and fraction with and without a calculator.  In this seventh grade mathematics lesson, 7th graders explore strategies that help them to remember how to perform the needed operation...
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Rationals

For Students 9th
In this rational numbers worksheet, 9th graders solve 14 various types of problems relating to rational numbers that include simplifying each equation and reducing to lowest terms to using the order of operations to simplify equations....
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Numeracy Problem Solving

For Students 6th
In this numeracy problem solving learning exercise, 6th graders, working in groups of three, solve twenty word problems and then turn them into numerical equations.
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What's the Cost?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students consider what things cost 150 years ago and what those costs would be in today's money. They compare costs and services between the 1850s and today to find out if things are cheaper or more expensive today, in inflation-adjusted...
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A Unified China

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the major changes Qin accomplished as emperor. They look at his steps to unify China, create a money standard, measurement standards, and a system of bureaucracy.
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Exponential Growth Introduced

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study exponential growth in problems using chess boards and grains of rice. In this exponential growth lesson, students watch a video about a chess wager and complete an exponential growth worksheet. Students then complete a...
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Mehen - Egyptian Activity Sheet

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Egyptian game worksheet, students cut out the game board and the game pieces and follow the directions to play "Mehen", the snake game.
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A Plan for the Future: Making a Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
From fixed and variable expenses to gross income and net pay, break down the key terms of budgeting with your young adults and help them develop their own plans for spending and saving.