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Sorting
Students explore how books are sorted in a library. In this sorting lesson, students play a game where they have to fill the shelves with books that share a common theme. Students compare this game to a real library. Students discuss how...
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Running a Student Cooperative
Students form a classroom cooperative. In this service learning lesson, students explore how to form and run a cooperative and decide as a class how to implement their cooperative plan. Students use funds raised from the cooperative's...
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Weigh Before You Pay: Debit or Credit?
Students explore the concept of debit and credit cards. In this debit and credit card lesson, students read an article about debit and credit cards. Students discuss differences between the two forms of payment. Students calculate the...
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The Good Life
Students explore the world of credit. In this finance lesson, students examine the use of credit and discuss financial fitness. Students create a brochure or poster to educate others on the types of credit and how to stay financially fit.
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Algebra I Lesson
Ninth graders explore applications of Algebra. For this Algebra I lesson, studetns investigate eight applications of algebra ranging form the mathematics of roller coasters to tracking the popularity of a web site.
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Meet Kit: An American Girl
Students explore economics by participating in a role-play activity. In this consumerism instructional activity, students identify the Great Depression, the cause of the financial collapse and the devastation it caused people their own...
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Optimization For Breakfast
Students identify he proportion of a cereal box. In this algebra lesson, students define the relationship between patterns, functions and relations. They model their understanding using the cereal box.
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Is That a Plan? Problem-Solving: Using Diagrams and Models
Student solve problems using a flow chart. They solve real-world problems by using a diagram or model. They create their own diagrams for problem-solving. They explain how they drew the diagram and solved the problem.
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Pizza Portions
Students explore mathematics by participating in a pizza pie activity. In this nutrition instructional activity, students identify the caloric intake in a piece of pizza and estimate the average number of slices eaten by a person....
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Translating Transformations in Geometry
High schoolers create an image using given coordinates and evaluate how the coordinates change when a slide or rotation takes place.
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Candy is Dandy
Students investigate color distribution in bags of M&Ms They sort and classify the contents of a bag of M&Ms and summarize their findings on a worksheet. Students convert the numbers into charts and make predictions about color...
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Making Money
Students form a company to see it they can create a product that can sell and make a profit for the company. Working in small groups, they create a business plan and gather the resources to make their product. Students market and sell...
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The Snack Bar
Sixth graders complete a purchase order. In this ratios and patterns lesson, 6th graders work in groups to complete a purchase order for a grand opening of the school snack bar. Students use rations to figure out the need and quantity...
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What is the connection between rice and estimation?
Sixth graders investigate estimating. In this estimating lesson, 6th graders estimate how much rice is eaten around the world. Students estimate the percentages of rice eaten by other countries. Students compare rice production to other...
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Banking on the Future
Students solve problems involving interest. In this investing instructional activity, students investigate the pros and cons of investing in a bank account and stocks. They differentiate between aggressive and conservative investments.
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An Introduction to Elementary Statistics
Students explain and appreciate the use of statistics in everyday life. They define basic terms used in statistics and compute simple measures of central tendency.
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Expensive Choices
Eighth graders work in pairs to discover how to prioritize expenses in a budget.
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The Entrepreneur's Game
Twelfth graders explore the basic principles of the US free enterprise system. They examine the basic principles of the US free enterprise system including profit motive, voluntary exchange, private property rights, and competition.
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Grocery Shopping and Budgeting
Ninth graders establish a food budget based on individual needs and resources. They evaluate grocery stores and establish guidelines for purchasing specific foods.
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Bias Sampling
Students demonstrate how the results of a poll or other scientific study can be biased by selecting special types of people to respond or by asking only certain questions.
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Opportunity Cost
Students study what opportunity cost is and why it is important to their lives.
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Pair 'Em Up!
Third graders verify the validity of Punnett squares. They simulate a real-world situation by drawing chromosomes from a paper bag and track the data.
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Needs and Wants
Students examine the difference between psychological needs and wants to control spending.
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So You Want to Drive an Automobile?
High schoolers research types of auto insurance that are required in the state of Florida. They choose an automobile and find the cost of insurance to legally drive it.
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