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Middle school basic operations simulation pdfs
Going to the Championship Football Game Project Based Learning
Engage your students in a relevant project with this Championship Game Project. (Please note, Super Bowl is trademarked and not authorized for use in commercial products therefore I am using the words Championship Game instead.) ****Now updated for the 2024 Championship Game in Las Vegas****Students will spend several days going through the planning of a trip to this year's championship game in Las Vegas, Nevada. Students will use a variety of math skills for budgeting and problem solving, as
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Dog Sled Race Project Based Learning
This engaging project allows students to use a variety of math and language skills in a relevant simulation. They will plan, prepare, and race in a Dog Sled Race. Here's a list of the different activities included in this project:Activity 1: Your Team: Students create their dog team. They draw pictures of each of their 6 dogs and name them. They also develop a team logo.Activity 2: Sled Dog Care: Students read a passage describing the needs of their sled dogs. They follow up by answering
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Project Based Learning: Measurement Conversions, Math and Language Skills
Engage your students with this fun project! Students work in teams or individually to design a dog house. A variety of math skills are practiced including area,volume, measurement conversions, addition, subtraction, and multiplication. ELA skills are also integrated as students write persuasive letters and give oral presentations on their creations. Giving students relevant contexts to apply skills is a meaningful way for students to construct conceptual understanding and see a useful appli
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle for Dog Lovers
The Game of Life | Math Exploration
PURPOSE: This simulation gives your math class a chance to experience what it is like to be an adult. Students will be randomly assigned a job and a family and be required to calculate a month’s worth of expenses.This activity brings up some great discussions about how money works, what happens when the money runs out, single parenting, managing a budget and so much more. This is such a useful resource for the modern middle school mathematics teacher!WHAT’S INCLUDED:This product contains:✏️ 18 p
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5th - 8th
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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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The Chocoloate Shop: Project Based Learning
Engage your students in a fun relevant project creating and managing a chocolate shop. A variety of skills are used in this project including basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Fractions, percents, and measurement conversions are also used. Students engage in language arts skills as well such as reading direcitons, writing, and creative art. Use this project over the course of a week, individually, partners, or cooperative groups; the possibilities
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Balancing a Checkbook Activity Part of Classroom Economy Unit
This activity will help your students learn how to balance a checkbook. Included in this resource is a balancing a Checkbook Activity and Answer Key that is two pages.This is part of our larger Classroom Economy Simulation Bundle that your students will love.Find the bundle HERE!Visit Our Wise Guys Store Copyright ©Wise Guys. All rights reserved by author. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or disp
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4th - 7th
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: REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS Personal Finance and Understand Income DIGITAL
Dream Home: Utilizing Money, Area, Perimeter, and Conversion
STEM UNIT: Becoming an architect may seem so wonderful, but students may think twice after designing, building, and repairing problems in their new home. This is a unit that allows students to use a combination of math skills and critical thinking to be the architect of their own dream home on a budget. The students will engage in researching architecture of homes and house plans, designing their house plan, purchasing materials and labor, and dealing with problems along the way. The skills used
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5th - 8th
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Maths Rainbow fact (numbers that add up to 10) reference cards
This product is part of my Math Rainbow Fact (numbers that add to 10) BUNDLE!
These cute little cards are great for students who are learning their rainbow facts! Students can make references to them when they are playing Rainbow fact games, and they can be used as a self correction tool.
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PreK - 6th
Earth Day Festival Project Based Learning
Engage your students in this fun and relevant project where students plan an Earth Day Festival. The project begins with a mini Web Quest designed to give student some background on Earth Day. After that, students work to determine a budget for the different activities at the festival and then present their plan and budget to the "city council". ( A grading rubric is included for the presentation.) Some Earth Day activities are already proposed, while other activities can be developed by the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
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.
Thank
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5th - 10th
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Scholarship Project Based Learning - Adding & Subtracting Decimals
Congratulations! Your students are awarded a set amount of money to spend to decorate their college dorm room. The activity includes:
* Step by Step Instructions
* Balance Sheet
* Sample Checks
* Additional Earning Opportunities
* Differentiation Suggestions
* Teacher Tips
* Rubric
With this problem based learning activity, your students will have practice adding and subtracting decimals, balancing a check registry, writing checks, planning a budget, shopping for the best deal, and man
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5th - 8th
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Thanksgiving Dinner Plan Performance Task
Thanksgiving Dinner Plan Performance Task printables can be used as independent work or group work. It includes multiple steps of mathematical operations and decision making. The mathematical operations of addition and subtraction are necessary to complete the task. If your students are familiar with basic multiplication facts, these can be substituted for some of the repeated addition problems.
The task can be completed in 1 day, however 2 days would allow students more time to use their crit
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3rd - 6th
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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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5th - 10th
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Field Day! Project Based Instruction
Engage your students with this fun project! Students work independently or in cooperative groups to plan a Field Day. A variety of math skills are practiced including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, area, measurement conversions, working with money and problem solving. . ELA skills are also integrated as students write descriptive essays and give oral presentations on their proposals. Giving students relevant contexts to apply skills is a meaningful way for students to const
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Election 2016: Voting and Presidents
This interactive unit helps students become familiar with the democratic process of voting through relevant math and language arts activities. Here's what's included:
Activity 1: The Campaign Trail: A budget is set for campaigning. Students use basic math skills to choose campaign strategies.
Activity 2: If I Were President: Students write about what they would do if they were president.
Activity 3: Design a Button: Students get creative and design a campaign button.
Activity 4: Man
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
English, Spanish and Bilingual Reward Money - Dinero de Recompenza
recompenza / reward / money / coupons / cupones / classroom management / manejo de grupo / owl / buho / dual language / ESL / early childhood math skills / habilidades matematicas para estudiantes jovenes / math manipulatives
This is a packet of Owl Themed Reward Money that comes in English, Spanish and Bilingual (English and Spanish) versions, so you can use this resource in a regular, bilingual / Dual Language or ESL classroom!
I use reward money as an important part of my classroom manageme
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PreK - 6th
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Vacation Activity - Math Review (Great for State Testing Review!)
This activity requires students to think critically while using addition, subtraction, and multiplication while on "Vacation" together. I use this activity just before spring break each year for two reasons: 1) It makes a great test review just before state testing. 2) It gives students an appreciation for the sacrifices parents make to take spring break trips. The kids LOVE this activity. It's fun for me too!
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2nd - 6th
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Christmas on a Budget
COMMON CORE ALIGNED! This is a project to be used around the holiday season. It teaches students the value of a budget in a real-world setting. They will look through sales flyers and use the attached worksheets to record their ideas and shopping lists. They will also make decimal calculations. The file contains a four page document with teacher instructions and worksheets for students to use to record their ideas, calculations, and final shopping list.
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4th - 6th
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Expressions & Equations: Very Small & Very Large Numbers
What more exciting way to discuss very small and very large numbers than with outer space as the backdrop?Students will use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other.Provide feedback and get TPT credit on future purchases:***Go to your My Purchases page. Click on the Provide Feedback button beside each purchase. You will be taken to a page where you can
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6th - 8th
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Make Your Own Company
I came up with the idea of creating a company as a form of authentic intellectual work. Fortunately for me, my principal officially observed me during this particular lesson and told me later that he taught it was “exceptional”. I hope you can use it in your classroom so the students can use their creativity and learn math at the same time. There’s a broad range of mathematical value that can be associated to this lesson including, but not limited to:
Ordering decimals
Adding decimals
Subtractin
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4th - 8th
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Bills, Bills, Bills - Computing living expenses with a budget
Students choose a career and use the profession's median salary to calculate how to live within their budget.
They will use the provided, real-world data to compute the amount of their salary that is used for taxes, insurance, utilities, housing, etc.
They will use fractions, decimals, and percents to figure out how much of their salary is left after expenses.
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4th - 6th
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Menu Venue - Restaurant Simulation Activity
Students will apply computation and money skills in a fun restaurant simulation activity. An anecdotal assessment rubric is included.
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4th - 8th
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