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Curated OER

Basic Trading

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils review the basic ideas of exchange. In groups, they discover the incentives for trade and participate in a simulation. They are given a packet of stamps which are worth varying monetary amounts. They discover the concepts of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Impact of Mining on American History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars listen to background information about coal and its mining in the United States history. They then construct a timeline using the above article. Illustrate with pictures from the www.coaleducation.org web site.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jeopardy Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review terms and concepts related to the class through games. They play a jeopardy style game to review concepts realted to the class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All Hands On Deck

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study estuaries and are able to define one, and describe its features.  In this investigative lesson students participate in an activity that shows them the importance of estuaries. 
Unit Plan
Other

Study Finance: Time Value of Money

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents brief explanations of topics related to interest, compound interest, and the time value of money.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Time Value of Money

For Students 9th - 10th
We've all heard the phrase "Time is money." But what do these two things actually have to do with one another? German Nande explains the math behind interest rates, revealing the equation that will allow you to calculate the future value...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Finance App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This App allows students to work on advanced financial applications like Time-Value-of-Money (TVM), uneven cash flows, and amortization.
Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Is Paying Over Time a Smart Move?

For Students 9th - 10th
At T.V. 411 you can explore the concept of paying over time with situations involving credit cards, rent to own items, and more. This interactive lesson gives the learner an opportunity to make decisions about money management.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Money Is What Money Does

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Throughout history, a wide variety of items have served as money. These include gold, silver, large stone wheels, tobacco, beer, dog teeth, porpoise teeth, cattle, metal coins, paper bills, and checks. All of these types of money should...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Changing Face of Money

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students play a game to guess which objects have been used as money throughout history. In the process, they learn several basic economic concepts. For instance, money must be a unit of account, meaning that it must be...
Activity
Other

The Multiplier Effect of Local Currency

For Students 9th - 10th
The "multiplier effect" of local currencies refers most specifically to the fact that a given amount of local currency changes hands numerous times in the course of a year. So you can convert the known quantity of the stock of currency...
Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Adding Dimes and Pennies

For Students K - 1st Standards
Three timed games are offered on this site to help students practice counting dimes and pennies.
Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Adding Nickels and Pennies

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site offers practice in adding nickels and pennies. Three timed games are provided to test students' understanding of the skill.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Foundational Math Concepts for Elementary Ages

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Practice everyday math skills such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, place value, counting money, telling time, fractions, decimals, and more.
Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Investment/loan Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive graph lets you explore how a loan or investment performs in different scenarios. Adjust the present value, the net present value, the loan or investment amount, the length of time, and the interest rate, and see the data...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Financial Education

For Students Pre-K - K
Every goal starts with taking the first step. Teaching kids to save money by collecting in a specific place such as a piggy bank or a jar shows kids concretely how much they are saving. Every time you save up to a certain small, new...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Measuring With Mixie Bot

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Children can measure with a favorite character to understand the value of standardized units of measure, such as inches and feet. This activity will help them practice measuring and understand comparing the measurements of one item to...
Website
Other

Teach Me Finance: Finance Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to learn basic financial concepts? Teach Me Finance offers easy-to-use tutorials that introduce learner's to financial literacy.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Math Grade 2

For Students 2nd
Browse resources related to second-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Math Grade 4

For Students 4th
Browse resources related to fourth-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
Website
Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Follow Me "Loop" Math Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An extensive collection of premade cards for "loop" games in math. These "I have, Who has?" cards are available for counting on and back, capacity, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, money...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fresh Pick Challenge: Lunch Counter

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Help children create a simple lunch counter where they can learn about dollars and cents and sharpen their business skills at the same time. This activity will help them learn coin values, count by fives and tens, and practice simple...
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PBS

Pbs: The Fall of the Dollar (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A instructional activity that helps student understand how exchange rates are determined and how the value of a nation's currency is connected to its international trade. Young scholars use an article from a time when the U.S. dollar was...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Obolus

For Students 9th - 10th
A small coin of ancient Greece, in later times of silver, the sixth part of an Attic drachma, equal to 2.5 cents; multiples and sub-multiples of this coin were also used, and pieces of the value of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.5 oboli, and 1/2, 1/3,...