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Restaurant math
Sixth graders use Microsoft Publisher program to create a restaurant menu. Using that menu, other students will use estimation skills to decide on multiple combinations of meals they could make with the money they are given.
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Menu Math
Getting a meal, side dish, drink, and dessert can be delicious—but it can be expensive too! Practice addition and subtraction with money in a instructional activity that focuses on a sample menu, complete with task cards and word problems.
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Is Your Money Rolling Away?
Young scholars demonstrate how to solve word problems. They will watch the video "Math Can Take You Places" and identify three problem solving strategies.
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STEM: Lou-Vee Air Car
A comprehensive lesson plan on acceleration awaits your physicists and engineers! Two YouTube videos pique their interest, then sample F=ma problems are worked and graphed. The highlight of the lesson plan is the building of a Lou-Vee...
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Popcorn Math
Everyone loves popcorn! Use this treat to teach math concepts including place value, estimating, graphing, and volume. Eight possible activities are included, and they can be modified to fit all grade levels.
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Math in Your Life
Examine how math fits into everyday lives by writing mathematical word problems and answering them. Middle schoolers will also practice their test taking skills utilizing different kinds of tests.
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"Reality Math: Fact or Fiction"
Students investigate the use of math in everyday life. They investigate several occupations and pay scales. They complete spreadsheets that show how monthly bills can be organized using technology. They use word processing software to...
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Money Vocabulary
Explore the monetary system by completing worksheets in class. Learners will identify the monetary units of England and collaborate in groups to solve money word problems. They also identify several money-related vocabulary terms before...
PwC Financial Literacy
Saving and Investing: Investing for the Future
A fine lesson on saving and investing is here for you and your middle schoolers. In it, learners explore the values of time and money, and discover how small amounts of money invested over time can grow into a large "pot of gold." They...
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Shopping Spree
Young scholars calculate discounts, sale price, and sale tax. In this consumer math lesson, students visit mock stores which have items for sale. Young scholars calculate the final prices of items.
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Consumer Fraud
Students create consumer fraud reports from given topic list, including visuals and a song.
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Beyond the Checkbook: Choices of Payment Methods
Students explore different payment methods. In this math lesson plan, students discuss the difference between writing a check and paying online. They will compare and contrast and present their data to the class.
Illustrative Mathematics
Discounted Books
Adolescents love to shop, especially when an item is discounted. Here, shoppers only have a set amount of money to spend. Will they be able to make a purchase with the discount and tax added in? Percent discounts can be calculated...
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Cost Effective Buying
Students evaluate energy-related purchases. In this consumer awareness lesson, students visit an appliance store and rank the products' cost effectiveness by using a mathematical formula.
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Kids Are Consumers Too
Students investigate a chosen product. They use television, radio, print, and internet sources to investigate how the product is advertised. Students create a market research survey to determine which brand is preferred by their peers...
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A Trip to Colonial Virginia
Students consider prices while planning a trip to Colonial Virginia. In this budgeting lesson plan, students construct an itinerary of events for a vacation. Students are responsible for working within the approved budget.
Consumers Energy
The Cost of Electricity
How much is your toaster costing you every day? Young environmentalists calculate the monetary costs of household appliances based on their average consumption of wattage.
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Shopping Smarter
Students read a book about money and smart shopping to learn about debt, advertising, and the use of credit cards. For this consumer math lesson, students read the book The Kids' Money Book and discuss economic concepts. Students...
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Shopping the Sunday Circular
Pupils demonstrate an understanding of price-per-unit mathematics. In this computation lesson, learners accurately figure the unit price of grocery items. They create a chart and record the item, the price, the size and the cost per item.
Practical Money Skills
Making Decisions
A set of quizzes and assessments would make a great companion to your lesson on making decisions and opportunity risks. Learners watch a PowerPoint before answering multiple choice questions about interest rates, saving money, and the...
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The Teenage Consumer
Learners think critically regarding teenage spending. In this data collection lesson, students discuss teenage consumers and their spending habits. Learners note their own spending habits for comparison purposes.
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Kumara Math
Students explore nutrition by completing math problems in class. In this food conversions lesson, students identify what the kumara plant is and how it can contribute to human health by regularly consuming an appropriate amount. Students...
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Gift Wrapping
Sixth graders use the example of a gift wrapping service found in the mall in order to create a problem situation that can be solved mathematically. They convert the word problem into algebraic expressions to be solved.
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Transportation Math
Students practice their problem solving skills. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students solve story problems regarding the delivery of consumer goods.
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