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Middle school basic operations simulations for Microsoft Word
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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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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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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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Farming Simulation Math Project
I created this project to used with my 4th grade highly-gifted class. It incorporates multiplication, division, decimals, money management, and area into a complex and engaging simulation project. Students work with a group to purchase fields and seeds to plant each "year". They then roll the dice to determine what the weather will be like that year and how it will affect their crop growth. Then, they calculate their profit by "selling" the crops that made it through the year. They purchase
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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City Block Math Project
This project was originally created to be used with highly gifted students in a fourth grade classroom, but can most definitely be adapted for other ages and abilities as well. Some skills that it focuses on: multiplication, division, perimeter, area, money, and drawing to scale.
For this project, I create groups of students who together design a city block based on requirements that I have given them. They must find the area of each building and will later use these areas to determine costs
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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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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Fractions as Decimal and Percents E-Lab Handout- Ipad Interactive Activity
This exploration handout is to be used with the interactive Fraction Model E-Lab from the National Council of Teacher of Mathmatics. This activity is best completed on an Ipad or computer. The handout helps guide the exploration of different representations for fractions including improper fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percentages. Additionally, there are length, area, region, and set models. Adjust numerators and denominators to see how they alter the representations and models. Use t
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Decimals Review Farmers Market
Transform your classroom into a Farmers Market to practice adding and subtracting decimals!File Format: Microsoft Word (completely editable!)Included in your purchase:· Page 1 – Student Recording Sheet· Page 2 – Student Reflection Partner Activity· Page 3 – Farmers Market Stand Profits Recording Sheet· Page 4 – Vouchers Page· Page 5 – Calculator Rental Receipts· Page 6 & 7 – Rules and ExpectationsBonus - Tips for successfully facilitating this activity!
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Paper Tower Project
Students use a budget to build the most economical tower. They use graphing skills to graph class data. Rubric is attached
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Clasroom Economy Job Description
Students will find a detailed description of each job and expectations as well as amount each job will make a week.
Certain jobs have special privileges attached on other page.
Enable editing to view full document and create your own variations.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Links to Math Sites
This is an extensive list of math websites that I used in my classroom. There are also educational games that are included in the list.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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