Clip and Save - The student will demonstrate money using coupons. Comparison Shopping - To teach students the benefits of comparison shopping. Count the Ways - The student will show different combinations of coins to make certain values. Cryptography - The purpose of this activity is to teach students the fundamentals of cryptography, to build on their knowledge of statistics, and to familiarize them with some advanced functions in Microsoft Excel. Egg Carton Mathematics - Develops communication process skills and the ability to read numerals in the thousands place through an oral activity using egg cartons.
Students work in cooperative groups that are in competition with each other.
All in Proportion - Understand the process of converting among fractional, decimal, and percentage systems in order to complete activities and write a paragraph explaining the math skills involved in a pie graph. This cross-curricular activity will get students thinking about money as a mathematical and economic subject. To provide practice in record keeping. To give students the basic economic concepts of buying and selling stocks. To demystify the stock market and to make it understandable.