An Expedition to Egypt
Grade Levels: 3 - 5
Objectives- Students will use an Internet site to pick out items related to ancient Egypt.
- Students will estimate sums using front-end estimation and by estimating to the nearest dollar.
- Students will solve problems by adding money amounts and by practicing to
stay
within a budget.
Materials
- An Expedition to Egypt worksheet
- Discovery Store website (http://shopping.discovery.com/)
Procedures
- Introduce key vocabulary: Egyptian, front-end estimation.
- Using the An Expedition to Egypt worksheet as a guide, students will use the Discovery Store to select items for an exhibit on ancient Egypt.
- Remind students that they must stay within their budget.
- Ask students to complete the worksheet using estimation skills and the information they find on the Internet site.
- Students may complete the worksheet in pairs or small groups.
- Schedule class time for students to share their calculations.
Assessment
- Use a rubric to assess students' ability
to obtain data from a website and solve consumer math problems.
- Find a variety of assessment techniques to use with this lesson.
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- Choose from a large collection of cross-curricular activities for all grade levels.
- Challenge students to fill up their piggy banks at Change Maker (http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html). Have them choose a difficulty level and click on the United States flag to begin.
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