Activity
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...
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.
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.
Lesson Plan
University of Houston

University of Houston: Mathematics Lessons: Counting on Coins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan for coin identification is aimed at Kindergarten and First Grade. Lots of activities, suggestions and other resources are also available.
Handout
Other

Government of Canada: The Symbols of Canada: The Beaver

For Students 9th - 10th
The beaver as a symbol of Canadian heritage is well documented in this resource. A history of the beaver's importance to the fur trade is discussed, as well as the many other ways it has come to symbolize Canada. It is appropriate for...
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Learning Coins

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Explore a tutorial to learning facts about the coins and their value then play a game to sort the coins by value.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Ordering Money

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students solve problems in which they are ordering money.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Identifying Coins

For Teachers 2nd
Find a lesson here to help students learn more about money that is all around them! Give them the chance to review coin identification with the coin game and practice.
Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Place Value, Comparison, Addition and Subtraction to 100

For Students 1st Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in place value, comparison, addition and subtraction to 100.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The First Law of Motion: The Tower of Coins

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners learn about inertia in this simple experiment. They create a stack of twelve round objects, beginning with nickels, and try to remove the bottom object without toppling the tower. Various tools are provided for them to use for...
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Counting Coins

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice recognizing and counting coins. Count the total number of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to find the value of the coins. Total score is shown throughout the activity and questions are generated randomly.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Practicing With Coins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Count money to 50 cents using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Coins Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart explores money. Students learn to identify a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. Students also learn the value of these coins. There are assessment questions included. The...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Money

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart explores a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. The flipchart will help students identify these basic coins and how much each coin is worth. There are assessment questions...
Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Change Due

For Students 3rd - 8th
This lesson explains what making change is, contains a game and other resources to help you practice this important skill.
Activity
Other

Fayette County Public Schools Curriculum: Counting Money

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
This site has a review of current U.S. coin values.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins and Dollars in Words

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice converting money from coins into dollars.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Dollars Into Cents

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice converting money from dollars into cents.
Website
Purple Math

Purplemath: "Coin" Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site demonstrates how to solve 'coin' word problems, given relationships between the types of coins.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing the Value of the Money in Each Purse

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice looking at a picture of a purse and determining the total value of money in the purse.
Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Value of Coins

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Use this interactive game to match the value of a coin with the name of the coin. The game lets you know when you answer an item correctly. Scroll down to view the game.
Activity
Other

Teaching Heart: Money Poems

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Memorize these poems to help you remember which US coin is which, and how much each coin is worth. There are several fun poems for each coin.
Activity
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Coin Identification

For Teachers K - 1st
Two very basic coin identification activities and a teacher lesson plan are available at this website. These activities may require an explanation before primary age students can use them.

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