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9th grade basic operations simulations
Budget Spreadsheet Project (personal finance & math skills)
A step-by-step project with detailed instructions on how to set up an Excel spreadsheet budget. Students will apply math skills in context of a real-life budgeting situation.
Students will create a budget:
-Based on their future career choice.
-Independently by following the instructions using an Excel Spreadsheet.
-Over the course of at least 2 class periods (typically students take at least 2.5 hours to complete this project).
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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CCSS:
Percents: Understanding Credit Card Debt Worksheet for Student - Scenario 1
The question listed on Scenario 1 is as follows:
"In this scenario we purchased 1 item for $1000. (This could be a new TV, summer vacation, Laptop, etc.) We did not have the cash at the time so we charged it to our Visa. This particular credit card requires that we make a minimum payment of 13% each month. It also has an APR of 10%. Fill out the chart to find out how much you have paid at the end of the year and if you have a remaining balance. "
The chart is a great way for students to disc
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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SONAR Calculations and Graphing
In this classroom activity, students are guided through the calculations necessary to obtain ocean depth from SONAR data. Then they use data to complete a profile of the part of ocean floor from which the data came. Please note: this does not show all the parts of the ocean floor. Image and activity where adapted from Naval History STEM H.
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6th - 12th
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REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS PERSONAL FINANCE MINI UNIT
· This Personal Finance mini unit is often described as having the biggest impact on students’ real-world understanding. · Often, these lessons are the first-time students have been asked to consider their relationship with money, their knowledge of how much goods and services cost, and their own values.· Students will examine income, expenses, and household budget in order to understand how their career salaries will be put to use in the real world. Knowing the different salary withholdings and
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS Personal Finance and Understand Income DIGITAL
Profit & Loss Lemonade Stand Roleplay Game (Supply & Demand Lessons too)
Teach Profit & Loss (and Supply & Demand) through a fun game that students will enjoy. Also included in this pack is a fun auction lesson to teach supply & demand. I wanted to teach my students about profit and loss and give them an experience learning how a business works before they created their own. I wanted them to learn:- How to plan/organize what they need to buy- Keep a profit/loss record (doing the math themselves)- About borrowing/repaying loans (with interest that grows ov
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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My Budget Project
This is a great end of year math project! You can give students a career with a realistic salary and challenge them to create a monthly budget. Each slide will need to depict a different monthly cost like rent, car payment, etc. This will give the students a good real life look into the cost of living. At the end of the slides, there is an example project for to show students.
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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INVESTING IN THE STOCK MARKET : an in-class simulation guide
This is a 29 page package to support teachers in running a 24 day stock market simulation in their grade 5-10 classroom. I have used a version of this in my class for several years now and the kids LOVE it! I have adjusted it and perfected it to include a 24 page student booklet, an evaluation sheet, and a three page SPECIFIC teacher instruction manual.
I offer this exact resource IN FRENCH. Check out La classe de Mme Geneviève for other Math Resources and French Immersion Resources.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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Checking Account Simulation
Do you need a lesson to teach students how to balance a checkbook? A PowerPoint presentation is included instructs students on how to balance their own checkbook and then gives them some "real world" practice. The PowerPoint includes writing a check, using a debit card, and making deposits. Also included is the handouts that you will give students in order for them to participate in the simulation. One handout is a checkbook register and the other handout has blank checks that students will writ
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Concession Stand - A Full Unit Business Simulation
Concession Stand is a business simulation for grades 8 - 12. Students will open a business and use their math skills to complete order forms, update inventory, pay bills, keep a ledger, and open for days of sale. This project works with higher level Blooms Taxonomy and allows students to work together in groups.
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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LA BOURSE : UNE SIMULATION EN CLASSE (Stock Market simulation kit)
This is a 28 page package to support teachers in running a 24 day stock market simulation in their grade 5-10 classroom. I have used a version of this in my class for several years now and the kids LOVE it! I have adjusted it and perfected it to include a 24 page student booklet, an evaluation sheet, and a three page SPECIFIC teacher instruction manual.The entire content is IN FRENCH for the French Immersion--or francophone--classroom. I also offer this exact product IN ENGLISH, if you are int
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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Vocational Support- Calculating Gross Pay
Whether individuals participate in competitive employment or sheltered employment, they need to be able to calculate their pay. Individuals can be paid in a variety of ways: hourly, by piece, commission, or salary. For this resource, I have chosen to focus on hourly pay. In the next few weeks I will publish other resources with piece pay, commission and salary. I will also be publishing work that relates to deductions and net pay. This is a great transition activity and can also be tied to vocat
Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Vocational Support Bundle
Caribbean Economy Simulation (Supply and Demand/Single Crop)
In this simulation, students will play the role of Plantation owner and will try to grow their sugarcane empire through buying and selling fields, paying workers' wages and government taxes, and reaping the profit after each harvest. However, it also demonstrates the law of supply and demand and teaches a lesson about diversifying your economy as the price of sugarcane fluctuates on the world market from harvest to harvest. Students wait in breathless anticipation as each harvest price is reveal
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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2 WEEK CLASSROOM STOCK MARKET - Financial Literacy for most Grade levels!
A two week (with room for adding or taking away) activity simulating the stock market in your classroom! Students will interact with 8 different age-appropriate 'stocks':- Gold, Shell gas, McDonald's, Banana, Air Canada, Cineplex, Nike, GoogleStart each day with an exciting, hands-on, and real-world skills based 15-20 mins of students buying, selling, and trading in the classroom stock market. Students will be able to practice mental math of all basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplic
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Life Science - Natural Selection and Adaptations of Ocean Organisms
This Life Science lab investigation explores natural selection and adaptations of ocean organisms. The lab is directly tied to NGSS expectations (MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-6).
INCLUDES:
• A one-page teacher guide with NGSS connections.
• A blank student-page with procedure, data table, and analysis questions.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Conceptual Understanding for Operations: Rectangular Models
This PowerPoint includes animations for operations of whole numbers, decimals fractions and place value with rectangular models. You can demonstrate to students side-by-side the procedural and conceptual steps to add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers. To properly show animation, present to Presentation View. This item is designed to make teachers' explanation of operations meaningful and connect different levels of rigor. Topics include: place value, adding whole numbers, subt
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Grades:
1st - 9th, Adult Education
FREE VERSION - Additive Inverse & Zero Pair Ninjas for teaching Integers
Do you need an interactive, fun, and engaging way to teach integers, zero pairs, or additive inverses? This PowerPoint is your answer, and will allow students to visually see what is happening when you add integers. It uses "good" and "bad" ninjas to demonstrate concepts of additive inverse and zero pairs.
If your student is not understanding how to add or subtract integers, please give this a try. Your students will love it! Mine do!
This is the free version where you are limited to 10 ninjas
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Slope and Inverse operations
Two small software to visualize slope and inverse operations that I programmed earlier to use in class on a smart board. Student can change by dragging the items to see the effect.
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6th - 9th
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FREE VERSION - The TOM Function Machine Converting Inputs into Outputs
The TOM Function Machine is an interactive Power Point that will allow your students to visually see a value being inputted into the machine, and an output that results.
You control when the input is entered and when the output is shown, giving you time and opportunities to have discussions with students. After visually seeing input-output relationships, students can guess what the function rule is. Your press a button to reveal the rule and see if students were correct.
See it in action here
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Leasing a Car Simulation Activity
Perfect activity for a variety of classes. I include this in my Economics class as one of my many "real-life simulation activities". Can be used in math classes and life-skills classes. Internet access is needed for this activity.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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ALGEBRAIC OPERATIONS WITH POSITIVE & NEGATIVE COINS
Algebraic coins to understand algebraic positive and negative operations correctly.Visit my animation and games for FREE Click HERE
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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