The Identity of Coins

How can you tell if a commercial or salesperson is being misleading? Encourage your learners to protect themselves and their money with a activity about consumer rights. They review laws that keep consumers safe from faulty claims and...

Students discuss jettons and their archaeological importance at Jamestown. They then practice using historic counting sheets and artifacts to understand the calculating methods of the early 17th Century, and identify their similarities...

Students observe and make rubbings of circulating U.S. coins. Working in groups of two, they record various visible characteristics for each coin. Then they observe the coin with a magnifying glass or microscope. finally they make...

Third graders read a money book and review money skills. In this money skills lesson, 3rd graders use coin models to create the given amounts of money. Students then use the coins to find change using given money amounts. Students then...

Students investigate ways to save energy. In this environmental lesson, students play the role of a building inspector and identify "culprits" that waste energy. Students use a checklist to identify specific practices that waste energy.

Sixth graders explore the concept of order of operations. In this order of operations lesson, 6th graders view a powerpoint about order of operations in society. Students post on a blog about order of operations.

In this math skills learning exercise, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding properties of multiplication. Students may view the correct answers.