Integrate math, science, and speaking/listening with a collaborative hands-on activity. Each group works with a single penny, examining it with the naked eye and recording observations. Repeat using magnifying glasses. Then repeat with a...

Students are introduced to coins and bills in American currency. After watching a video, they practice making the same amount of money out of different combinations of coins and bills. Using the internet, they discover how much each...

Learners determine how to make the largest sum of money using the least amount of coins. For this mixed currency lesson, students listen to a reading of If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz before participating in money counting...

Introduce young mathematicians to concepts of financial literacy with this open-ended word problem. With seven dollars to spend during field day and given a list of available items and their prices, children must determine how they want...

Students identify different denominations of United States currency and symbols associated with money and reading prices. In addition, in pairs they identify examples of currency from newspapers and magazines.

Students discover the significance of positive and negative numbers when working with money. In this addition and money lesson, students connect positive and negative numbers to money, solve practical examples together, and practice the...

Students examine how paper money and coins have changed over time. They discuss different types of exchanging items for payment. They practice making change.

Pupils examine and discuss the designs on the circulating coins produced by the United States Mint. They read about the woman and child featured on the Golden Dollar. They compare and contrast coins using a Venn Diagram.

Students are introduced to the role of the Federal Reserve. In groups, they discover the three functions of money and discuss the most common forms of payment used in society today. They develop a survery to give to the local community...

Students explore number values by completing consumer math worksheets. In this math functions lesson, students identify the use of a decimal in numbers and the place values that are represented when dealing with money. Students complete...

Young scholars explore the concept of place value. They differentiate between digits and their values as it related to addition and subtraction. Through the use of technology and manipulatives students investigate the place value of...

Students review the elements of an economic system. Using a circular flow model, they explain the flow of money, products and factors of production. They identify transactions that would occur in the product and factor markets.

Students discuss income and expenses. In this lesson on money, students define income and expenses, after whith they keep track of their income and expense transactions on a basic ledger.

Students explore the concept of equivalency. In this equivalents lesson, students use pennies to show equivalency as they divide them into groups. Students also convert the pencils into decimals and fractions.

Here is another in the interesting series of lessons that use the special State Quarters as a learning tool. This one uses the California State Quarter. During this lesson, pupils learn the many ways they can conserve natural resources...

Lead your class in a discussion about how they believe money influences politics. After reading "Go Ahead, Try to Stop K Street" from the New York Times, they evaluate the claims in the article about the current lobbyist scandal in...

Students discuss transition metals, their properties, and where they are located on the periodic table as well as why transition metals are ideal for coins. After discussion, they conduct an experiment using copper in the form of old...

Young scholars discuss energy and where they can find it. They will then discuss the sun and how it functions as an energy source. Next, students get a piece of black paper and some coins. They go outside and make a design with the coins...

How should a cashier stock a cash register with coins? Learners use mathematical modeling and expected value to determine how many rolls of coins of each type they should place in a cash register.

Sixth graders examine the concept of compounding interest on invested money. They explore how much interest their money would earn through compounded interest. Students conclude that they should invest early and often.

Young scholars explore linear functions in a crime solving context. They collect and analyze data using linear equations, then interpret the slope and intercepts from a linear model.

Learners drop water onto clean coins to determine the tension of each coin and then to graph their findings.

Students review lists of coupons and complete a worksheet to analyze the benefits of the specials. In this household budget lesson, students determine which foods are nutritional and the advantages of using coupons or specials to save...

Students investigate the concept of coin design. They look at the inscriptions found on coins by handling them in class. The design is found in the state of West Virginia. The objects pictured on the coin are described by students and...