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Making change to $1.00.
In this lesson students will work in small groups making change to $1.00 using coins and pictures of items priced from Sunday fliers. In advance the teacher will cut out pictures of items costing less than $1.00.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Julie Hohns.
Smart money
Students will practice making money trades to equal $.25 kinesthetically and with manipulatives.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Sherry Griffith.
Souvenirs of war
In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 16
Visible in the tray are metal badges from U.S., French, and Vietnamese soldiers as well as “dog tags” worn by U.S. soliders for identification, silverware, a pocket knife, a razor, a string of old Chinese coins with holes in the center, and two...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Money counts
Lesson introducing counting money and making change.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Angie Horne.
Making change
Students will use plastic coins and paper bills to practice making change with a partner.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
By Carol Livingston.
Minting gold into coins
In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 6.4
Brief histories of the Bechtler Mint, a private mint in Charlotte, and the Charlotte branch of the U.S. mint, both of which operated in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Format: article
Money and more money
Students will use problem solving skills and knowledge to solve a given problem using money. This activity will help enhance the students' self concept, and understanding the importance of learning basic money skills.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Betty Black.
Electroplating: When is a penny worth less than one cent?
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.8
In this lesson, students understand the chemical differences between pennies made before and after 1982, and gain an understanding of the process of electroplating.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.
Tray filled with military badges and other artifacts from the Vietnam wars
Tray filled with military badges and other artifacts from the Vietnam wars
A square wooden tray is filled with military badges and other artifacts left from the Vietnam wars. Visible in the tray are metal badges from U.S., French, and Vietnamese soldiers, U.S. "dog tags" used for personal identification, silverware, a pocket knife,...
Format: image/photograph
Musical money
Musical Money is a game to help reinforce counting different amounts of money. It is fashioned after the game Musical Chairs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Brenda Allred.
Fare collector on bus in Thailand
Unlike American buses, most buses in other parts of the world, especially those outside very large cities, (like Bangkok) have at least two employees. One employee drives the bus, the other takes the bus fare from the passengers. Sometimes the fare is the...
Format: audio
Spin, toss, and roll!
Students will use hands-on experiments to find the probability that certain events will occur.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Carol Baldwin.
Exploring probability
Through teacher guidance, students will experiment with objects to generate probable outcomes to consider probability.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
By John Cleveland.
Polygenic traits with pennies
Uses the results of flipping pennies to represent the functioning of polygenic traits.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
By Buie Sadie, James Caldwell, Jeanette Fredericks, Janice Shue, Katie Wadsworth, and Tracy Watson.
Observation and inference
In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.4
In their study of observation and inference, students will use activity sheets and coins to differentiate between observation and inference through a problem-solving approach, and demonstrate their knowledge by analyzing an archaeological artifact and creating their own observation-inference statements.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
A man sitting at the edge of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India
A man sitting at the edge of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India
In Varanasi, India, a man sits cross-legged on a rock step on the shore of the Ganges River. Behind him several containers, bowls, and coins are arranged roughly in a circle. To his right is a metal bucket. In the background, three boats travel through the...
Format: image/photograph
A New Deal mural in the former Wallace Post Office
A New Deal mural in the former Wallace Post Office
This is a New Deal mural in the former Wallace Post Office. It is called "Daydreams" and was painted in 1941 by G. Glenn Newell. The post office is now occupied by a company dealing in coins and jewelry.
Format: image/photograph
You're the cashier!
Students will use manipulatives and computers to count back change from amounts up to $5.00.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Lynn Tugwell.
North Carolina Collection Gallery
Early exploration of North Carolina, the Algonquin culture, the Roanoke Island settlement - these are just some of the exhibits that can be seen at the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Spanish dollar from the reign of Philip V, 1739
Spanish dollar from the reign of Philip V, 1739
Reverse (left) VTRAQVE VNUM M[EXICANUS] 1739 ("Both (are) one, Mexico [City Mint], 1739") Displays two hemispheres of a world map, crowned between the Pillars of Hercules adorned with the PLVS VLTR[A] motto....
Format: image/photograph