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US Mint

U.s. Mint: Which Came First? [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Introduce learners to the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark's Expedition. Then, using the tails side of the Keelboat Nickel as a guide, make a timeline of the westward journey.
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US Mint

U.s Mint: Which Side Is Which [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Introduce students to the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark's Expedition. Then take a look at the Peace Medal nickel and differentiate between heads and the tails sides. Finally, do a coin-flip activity, and record and analyze the...
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Whelmer #9 Learning Activity: Nickel Karate

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An easy to do activity that investigates the basic theories of inertia. The activity is in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding the Equal Amount of Money Given

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This interactive resource is practice problems where students complete the table to determine how you would make a given amount of money using dimes, nickels,...
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help students understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Nickels Sortwell House

For Students 9th - 10th
Originally built for a ship's captain in 1807, this house saw multiple uses before being purchased for use as a summer residence. It is now a house museum operated by Historic New England.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Millersville Mall

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use the concept of counting pennies and nickels to shop at the Millersville Mall.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is to help familiarize first grade students with the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. They will learn a poem to help remember what each coin looks like and its value. They will also work...
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Curated OER

Etc: N Amer Production/consumption of Nickel, Tungsten, Vanadium, 1912 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
"Production of Nickel and Tungsten in North America in 1913, of Vanadium in 1912, and of Molybdenum in 1915.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Identify Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will identify dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies on both heads and tails. They will also use coins to make a set amount.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Money Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This chart is designed to assess students' prior knowledge of coin recognition and then introduce a technique for adding pennies, nickels and dimes that equal 100 cents or less.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will drag various coins and paper money to count up to make change. They will also solve real life situations to make change.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Heavy Metals and Aquatic Environments

For Students 3rd - 8th
You might know that lead can be toxic, and that you can get lead poisoning from eating or inhaling old paint dust. Lead is called a heavy metal, and there are other sources of heavy metals that can be toxic, too. Silver, copper, mercury,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Battery That Makes Cents

For Students 3rd - 5th
Batteries are expensive to purchase in a store, but you can make one your self for exactly 24 cents. In this experiment, you will make your own voltaic pile using pennies and nickels and determine how many coins in a pile will make the...
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Money Bingo

For Students 1st - 4th
Money BINGO is a fun and educational game for kids to practice counting money. BINGO grid size options and the ability to select difficulty (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and bills) make this activity good for kindergarten through...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Magnetic or Not?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the basic magnetic properties of different substances, particularly aluminum and steel. There is a common misconception that magnets attract all metals, largely due to the ubiquity of steel in metal products. The...
Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Cobalt

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice summary of the properties uses and some environmental information on this element.
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Rutgers University

Thomas Edison Papers: Biography of Thomas Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
The first person to make the storage battery practical, with 147 patents, Edison's life is a testimony to invention. This biography, in outline form, is in two parts; go to 1879 site after this.
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Rutgers University

Edison's Papers: Edison's Patents: Batteries

For Students 9th - 10th
A full listing of all Edison's battery patents. Not just titles and numbers, but Adobe Acrobat copies of the entire set of drawings and text from each patent application. This is heirloom stuff. With the available magnification, you can...
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Community: My Money Book

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn the names of the different coins, how people get money, and what they do with it. Includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Determine Concentration of a Solution: Beer's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use a Colorimeter to determine the relationship between concentration and absorbance of nickel sulfate solution (Beer's law). They will then determine the concentration of a unknown sample using the standard curve.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Coins for Candy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An interactive lesson helps students identify, compare, and learn the value of coins including pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Geographic

Russia Natural Resource

For Students 9th - 10th
Russia is rich in natural resources which include oil, natural gas, iron ore, manganese, chromium, nickel, platinum, titanium, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, diamonds, phosphates, gold, and timber.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding the Total Monetary Value

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to find a monetary value given a specific amount of quarters, dimes, and nickels where students have to multiply each coin amount and then...

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