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XE.com: The Universal Currency Converter
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, History-Social Science, Economics, CalculusThe Universal Currency Converter, a recommended link from Economic Education Web (EcEdWeb), is the world s most popular currency...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Will I Ever Be Able to Fill My Piggy Bank?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Addition & Subtraction, CalculusThis resource, from What Good Is Math?, features activities and information pertaining to personal finance. Students can choose ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Why Is California So Important?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Number Sense, Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn about the mechanics of the electoral college and use...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Where's the Beef?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this EconEdLink lesson, students explore meat consumption statistics. Students recognize that meat consumption levels are of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Where Will You Decide To Live
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Probability, Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, CalculusThis activity, reviewed for grades 9-12 by Illuminations, presents students with the situation that they have just received a n...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Travel in the Solar System: Lesson 2
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, Mathematics, Measurement & Geometry, Addition & Subtraction and 2 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students consider the amount of time that space travelers need to t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Travel in the Solar System: Lesson 1
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Science, Mathematics, Measurement & Geometry, Addition & Subtraction and 3 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students consider the amount of time that space travelers must spen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Time Value of Money
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Number Sense, Mathematics, History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, from EconEdLink, students explore the time value of money. Students are asked to consider the following scenario...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Card You Pick Can Save You Money
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, History-Social Science, Economics, CalculusThis resource, part of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Web site, is a pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file that explains how compa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Statistics and Shopping
Grades: 8Subjects: Probability, Number Sense, Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityThis lesson, from the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., is devoted to demonstrating some real world applications of statistic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Simple and Compound Interest
Grades: 6Subjects: Parts of a Whole (Fractions, Decimals & Percent), Number Sense, MathematicsAn overview of interest. After reviewing some basic facts about interest and the way it is calculated, students link to other si...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0Simple and Compound Interest
Grades: 6Subjects: Parts of a Whole (Fractions, Decimals & Percent), Number Sense, MathematicsInteractive gizmo, exploration guide and assessment questions. Great resource to accompany investment simulation project. Good f...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0Simple and Compound Interest
Grades: 8Subjects: Parts of a Whole (Fractions, Decimals & Percent), Number Sense, MathematicsAn overview of interest. After reviewing some basic facts about interest and the way it is calculated, students link to other si...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0Q T Pi Fashions - Learning About Credit Card Use
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, from EconEdLink, students learn the joys and dangers of using credit as they help Credita, the main character in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Predicting Your Financial Future
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Algebra & Functions, MathematicsIn this Illuminations lesson, students use their knowledge of exponents to compute an investment s worth using a formula and a c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Play Ball
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Calculus, Addition & SubtractionExamine the relationship of rate of change over time by determining which collector baseball will end up having the most value. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Perplexing Percentages
Grades: 8Subjects: Parts of a Whole (Fractions, Decimals & Percent), Number Sense, MathematicsEveryday real-world math challenge from Figure This! site for the classroom or for families to do together. Students must determ...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0“Percent of” Word Problems
Grades: 8Subjects: Parts of a Whole (Fractions, Decimals & Percent), Number Sense, MathematicsPurpleMath tutorials and practice problems on markup and markdownContributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0PBS Mathline
Grades: 8Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Equations and InequalitiesThis activity builds on the population decay M&M activity, introduces NOW-NEXT or recursive equations, and uses calculators as a...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0Ms. Reddy's Stock WebQuest
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Probability, Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, CalculusIn this activity, reviewed for grades 9-12 by Illuminations, students are told that they have just won $10,000. So their task is...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0