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Curated OER

Penny Science

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
A penny can be a much more valuable teaching tool that you might think. Whether you are teaching about chemical reactions, surface tension, the behavior of gases, or are just looking for engaging activities for early finishers, this...
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Handout
ProCon

Penny

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Twenty-nine percent of Americans want to abolish the one-cent coin, which begs the question: Is a penny saved really a penny earned? Scholars read fascinating facts about the history of the penny in preparation for a class debate or...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Penny Pushing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use an Excel spreadsheet to show them how to enter the amount of pennies they bring each week to school for a fundraising project. They count their pennies each Friday and enter the total amount in the correct columns. In...
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Activity
Exploratorium

Penny Battery

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Use pennies to light an LED. Class members follow the provided directions to build a multi-celled battery powered by pennies. Using stacks of pennies of varying heights, pupils control the voltage of the battery to light different colors...
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Activity
101 Questions

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How many pennies can you save in a lifetime? One individual knows the answer! A video presentation of a question asks scholars to determine how many pennies a bank customer has saved since he was a teenager. They know the total weight of...
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Activity
101 Questions

Pyramid of Pennies

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Go big or go home! Learners watch a video rendition of the creation of a penny pyramid. Their task is to determine the number of pennies in the pyramid. The lesson encourages multiple methods, including function building or volume formulas.
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Activity
Yummy Math

Penny Wars

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
As the saying goes, a penny saved is a penny earned. Young scholars use a penny activity to earn their way to an understanding of volume. Given three different-sized cylindrical containers, individuals make calculations to determine the...
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Activity
101 Questions

Penny Circle

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Watch as your classes buy into a rich lesson full of information. A video opener challenges individuals to determine the number of pennies that fit in a circle with a 22-inch diameter. Using lesson materials, scholars collect data and...
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Under the Dome

Penny Cube

For Students 5th Standards
Use volume to count your change. Pupils watch as a cube is filled with stacks of pennies and make an estimate on how many pennies are in the cube. The teacher provides additional information to the class members about the size of the...
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PPT
Curated OER

Money Matters - Introduction to the Penny

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This nicely-designed PowerPoint is meant to teach young students about the penny, and how much pennies are worth. After a warm-up component, students engage in some guided practice problems where they must represent values by using...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition with Pennies

For Students K - 2nd
In this addition worksheet, learners add pennies together that represent one digit numbers. Students complete 9 addition with pennies problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition with Pennies

For Students K - 2nd
In this addition worksheet, students add pennies together that represent one digit numbers. Students complete 9 addition with pennies problems.
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Lesson Plan
California Academy of Science

What's on a Penny?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
As a lesson plan on scientific observation, have your class investigate the features of a penny and a nickel. Working in pairs, they practice writing detailed descriptions using their senses and a ruler to gather information. This is an...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Drops on a Penny

For Students 3rd - 4th
A helpful worksheet describes an interesting demonstration on the surface tension of water. Learners guess how many drops of water the heads side of a penny will hold. This resource does a great job of describing just how a penny can...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nickel/Penny Grab

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the coins nickels and pennies. In this math lesson, 1st graders compare the value of the two sets of coins and determine their value. Additionally, students explore counting sets of coins that have pennies and...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Numbers in Expanded Form: Pennies Expanded Form

For Students 6th
Beginning with a word problem that poses the question of making groups of 10 pennies to translate into a single dime, pupils are challenged to make sense of the amount of dollars 33 cents is in expanded form.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

U.S. Penny to Get Four New Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars look at U.S. currency and read about plans to change the back of U.S. pennies. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces a news article with a discussion of money and a vocabulary activity, then students read...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Pennies to Heaven

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Even though pennies seem to be relatively thin, stack enough of them into a single stack, and you could have quite a high stack. Enough so, that the final result can be a surprise to you as well as your class. This activity centers...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pennies of My Life Part II

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Youngsters write and construct their own autobiographies based on The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis. They engage in pre-writing steps, narrative writing, and peer editing. This is the second part of a two-part project lesson.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Money - Pennies

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting money worksheet, students count the pennies in each example. Students count 6 sets of pennies and write the answers on the lines.
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Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Isotopic Pennies

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Many people confuse atomic mass and atomic numbers. The sixth of seven lessons in a unit requires scholars to find the weight of different groups of pennies. Then, they must solve how many of each type of penny exists in a closed system...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

A Penny Saved

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A penny saved is a penny earned! Scholars research the different ways to save money over a lifetime. They investigate the Rule of 72, compound interest, and sub-prime loans to gain an understanding of how banks aid in the saving process....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Adding Pennies

For Students K - 1st
In this penny addition worksheet, students solve 9 problems that feature pennies. Students use the pictures of pennies to solve each of the problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition with Pennies

For Students K - 2nd
In this penny addition activity, students examine 9 number sentences that feature pennies being added to groups of 3 pennies.

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