Money- file:///Applications/MATTI/NLVM_en/locales/en/doc/money/teacher.html
2. This math applet is a virtual program that helps students with the concept of money. There are three different types of problem in this math applet. The first one is how much money is being shown on the screen. The students have to count the bills and the coins and type in the answer. The next type of problem the students have to pay the exact amount that it tells you to give. Depending on the problem it will give you different bills and coins that you have to use to pay the amount. An example of this is, if the number was $74. 02. The students only have choices from 5, 10, 20, and 50 dollar bills and then only pennies and nickles. The third type of problem they have is to make a dollar. For this problem they give you the coins that they want you to use and you have to make a dollar.
3. I thought that this was a fun math applet to partake in. It was really interesting to see the different ways that you can make each number that they asked you to make. I think that 6-8 is a little old to be having students do this activity. I also think that it could be a good lesson because students will be looking for jobs soon and might need to know how to make change quickly. There are also a lot of questions about money on standardized tests which might be why they considered this a 6th-8th grade activity. I can see this activity being very useful for ESL students who may not be familiar with the currency. I really like this applet because it is very interactive and I think students would be excited to practice math using this type of program. I would use this in my classroom but I would probably use it for younger kids when I am introducing them to currency.
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