Subjects
Arts & Humanities
--Architecture
--Visual Arts
Mathematics
--Applied Math
--Probability
--Statistics
Grade
3-5
6-8
9-12
Brief Description
Pennies can be used for everything from teaching probability to challenging students creativity.
Objectives
Students will use pennies to
Keywords
penny, probability, penny tower, penny sculpture, million
Materials Needed
Lesson Plan
Are your students collecting pennies for a good cause? Or maybe you're collecting pennies to see what 1,000 (or a million!) of something looks like? If you're surrounded by pennies, take advantage of them before you cash them in.
Stacking pennies. See which student (or pair of students) can create the tallest stack, or tower, of pennies.
Pitching pennies. Spread out 10 paper or plastic cups on a desktop. Label each cup with a different number/point value. Have students stand behind a line and pitch pennies at the cups. Have them keep track of their totals by adding the point values for each penny that lands in a cup. The student with the highest total is the class champion.
Sculpting with pennies. If you want to encourage real creativity, have students build with pennies! See what kinds of creative sculptures they might create. Perhaps your students will build a
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Lesson Plan Source
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Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
FINE ARTS: Visual Arts
GRADES K - 4
NA-VA.K-4.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
NA-VA.K-4.2 Using Knowledge of Structures and Functions
GRADES 5 - 8
NA-VA.5-8.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
NA-VA.5-8.2 Using Knowledge of Structures and Functions
GRADES 9 - 12
NA-VA.9-12.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
NA-VA.9-12.2 Using Knowledge of Structures and Functions
MATHEMATICS: Number and Operations
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-NUM.3-5.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-NUM.6-8.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-NUM.9-12.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
MATHEMATICS: Data Analysis and Probability
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-DATA.3-5.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-DATA.6-8.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-DATA.9-12.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer
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