Money Makes the World Go Around (Kmz file)
Objectives
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•Use exchange rates to find currency amounts from around the world.
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•Write and solve proportions
Lesson Description
Money comes in many forms around the world. Crisscrossing across the Google Earth globe, students connect the monetary units to the related country in a series of exchange rate problems. Each challenge is presented as a word problem which includes a unit rate. The students can record their proportion work and answers on the Foreign Exchange Worksheet.
This lesson can be enhanced in a variety of ways, such as in collaboration with the Social Science teachers. Ask students to bring in samples of foreign currency or share stories of their travel abroad.
Additional locations and problems can be added to the file by the teacher or the students themselves. Note: The exchange rates used are from January, 2008; these values can be updated with editing.
Downloads
Money Makes the World Go Around - Google Earth Kmz file
Foreign Exchange Worksheet - Word.doc
Concepts used:
Rate
Unit Rate
Proportion
Measurement
Grade level:
Grades 6-8
Subject areas:
Math
Social Studies
Standards
NCTM
-Properties and Relationships of Numbers
-Computation
-Algebra
-Measurement
NETS*S
2c, 3a, 5a, 6a, 6b