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Kindergarten Money
Students identify the various coins and their values through presentations, a rubric, a value pretest, and coin manipulatives. Money is incorporated into various activities whether at home or in school. Students create money webs using...
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Sun Prints
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...
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Coin Poems
Students recite a poem that aids in coin recognition. They memorize a poem that helps them identify the shape and worth of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter.
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Coins Lesson Plan
First graders identify different coins and use their values in combination with each other to buy different objects. In this coins lesson plan, 1st graders identify the value of a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny, and use them to buy items.
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Let's Learn About Money
In this let's learn about money worksheet, learners explore how every coin has a fixed value. Students solve the answers to seven word problems associated with money.
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Trading Faces
Young scholars use addition to determine values of coin combinations. They play a game where they come up with possible trades: two nickels for a dime and complete a tally worksheet. There are other lessons in this unit.
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Introducing money (Elementary, Mathematics)
Young scholars study the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, one each day for four days, using a magnifying glass to identify the similarities. Then students discuss differences and value and learn a 'rap' to memorize values.
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Counting and Making Change
In this mathematics worksheet, learners solve various counting and money problems. They identify the quarter, dime, nickel, and penny, and how much each is worth. Students also add up the totals for various combinations of the currency...
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What's Left Over?
In this mathematics worksheet, students identify and find the amount remaining after subtracting different amounts from a standard currency unit. Then they select the unit of currency and identify how to present sub-dollar amounts with a...
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Show Me Economics
Students identify the penny as a copper coin worth 1 cent. They discover information found on the penny: President Lincoln's face, Lincoln Memorial, date, and location of minting.
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Learn to Earn When You Tend to Spend
Students examine spending and earning, and calculate change up to a dollar. They view and participate in demonstrations of earning and spending math problems, complete a worksheet, and play a game in pairs that simulates banking.
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The Case of the Broken Piggy Bank
Learners list the value of a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny in dollar form. They find the total monetary value of a set of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. They calculate change received on a purchase.
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Mixing Coins
Young scholars explore mixed (different denomination) coin sets and create different total amounts.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Environmental Chemistry: Health Effects of Nickel
Explains what nickel is, ways it is used, how it is produced, how it gets into the environment and into our bodies, and the health effects of exposure to nickel. Also discusses how to reduce the risk of exposure. Has links to additional...
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Minerals Education Coalition: Minerals Database
This resource provides photographs of and information about various minerals.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Let's Find Out About Money
In this multisensory lesson, students will learn the characteristics of each coin (penny, nickel, dime and quarter) and the value for each type of coin. Students will learn record observational data, learn a song, recite a poem, and play...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Mathematics Lessons: Counting on Coins
This lesson plan for coin identification is aimed at Kindergarten and First Grade. Lots of activities, suggestions and other resources are also available.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Counting Coins
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will identify coins and their value. Students will count change up to $1.00.