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Counting Coins | ||
| Reviewed by Diane Flynn Keith | ||
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| Resource: | Counting Coins | ||
| Provider: | University of Houston | ||
| Summary: | This is a delightful web-based activity sponsored by the College of Education at the University of Houston that is a tutorial in how to count coins (and much more). This site is deceiving at first glance, so be sure to investigate the variety of content by following our suggestions below. | ||
| Description: | When you get to the site, you will see the title "Learning About Money" and a picture of several coins. Notice the menu bar above it, we're going to come back to that in a minute. Click on the coin you want to learn about, for example a penny. A new page opens with a picture of a penny and links to information about what is on the front and back side of a penny. Click on the penny and a new page opens with a picture of 25 pennies numbered from 1-25, and an invitation to count them. You may think, "Is that all there is?" No! Click on the "Tutorial" button in the menu bar at the top of the screen, and a new page opens with a menu of interactive coin-counting possibilities. Click on penny, for example, and a new page opens with a picture of several pennies. Count the pennies, click on the multiple choice answer and see if you are either correct, or must try again. Click on the "next" button to continue practicing. You can count pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, and combinations of these coins as well. Parent-educators looking for a lesson plan in coin counting with practice activities will find it here: http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles5.html It includes suggestions for teaching visual, verbal, and kinesthetic learners. This site also provides additional math resources including lessons in measurement and links to info about famous mathematicians here: http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles.html But that's not all! This site archives a collection of lessons available in Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Electives, and Technology that you can check out here: http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/collections/collections.html Although this website has not been updated since 1998, you'll be pleasantly surprised to find lesson plans that contain some working graphics in the language arts collection. Also, in the technology section, a few of the powerpoint presentations might be ancient enough at this point to be of historical interest for the very curious. Don't miss the presentation entitled, "Welcome to the Internet: Accessing People and Information Around the Globe." Oh my, things have certainly changed since this state-of-the-art website was produced less than one decade ago! How many of you still remember Gopher, FTP protocol, and Telnet? There are also some vintage screenshots of the Netscape browser. |
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| Contributed by: | Diane Flynn Keith, ©Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. Diane Flynn Keith publishes the rave-reviewed ClickSchooling® daily ezine with 12,000+ subscribers. If you're ready to jump-start your homeschooling, save time and money, and have more fun learning with your children, get your FREE subscription to ClickSchooling® now at http://www.homefires.com/free.asp. | ||
| C A T E G O R I E S | |||
| Orientation: | General | ||
| Subjects: | Math, Language Arts, Science, Technology, Social Studies | ||
| Teaching Methods: | Online Interactive | ||
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| Ages: | 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | ||
| Grades: | Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5 | ||
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| Web Site: | http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles3/index.htm | ||
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