Partner | CEIP las Vaguadas |
Country of Partner | Spain |
Title of OER (in English) | Change Maker |
Title of OER (in national language) | Máquina de cambio: Cuenta tu cambio |
Type of OER | Lesson materials for children |
URL 01 | https://www.funbrain.com/games/change-maker |
Conditions of use | Copyright © 2020 Funbrain Holdings, LLC |
Language (s) | English |
School Year | Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6 |
Age group | From 8 to 9, From 9 to 10, From 10 to 11, From 11 to 12 |
Topic | Buying in a shop, calculating change, money management. |
Specific contents covered | Financial Education |
You can use this OER in this/these subject area(s): | Maths |
English language skills | Reading - Written reception (Reading comprehension) |
Lexis | Amount of sale, amount paid, correct change, coins, make a purchase, piggy bank, added to, subtracted from. |
Type of materials included | Images |
How is it visually attractive for children? | Children enjoy seeing different currencies from around the world and ‘handling’ money. They can also see how the money saved in their piggy banks grows. |
Can the OER be customized and reused? | No |
Can the OER be used in project-based learning, interclass and intercultural collaboration? | Yes |
How? | Students can consult classmates in another country in order to set up a shop with common items found in that country and ask about prices there too. A project could be to use bar charts to compare pupils’ savings in a single class or compare total savings between different classes. |
Points of Strength | The OER takes the learner’s developmental stage, cognitive development and language competence into account., The OER integrates content and language, There is a varied number of items learners are expected to engage in, The response expected from learners is engaging (drawings, hands-on demonstrations, verbal, etc.), The OER makes it clear in which language learners are expected to respond, The OER can be used in project-based learning, interclass and intercultural collaboration |