University of Missouri
Money Math
Young mathematicians put their skills to the test in the real world during this four-lesson consumer math unit. Whether they are learning how compound interest can make them millionaires, calculating the cost of remodeling...
Newspaper Association of America
Power Pack: Lessons in Civics, Math, and Fine Arts
Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week honors the contributions of the newspaper and is celebrated in the resource within a civics, mathematics, and fine arts setting. The resource represents every grade from 3rd to 12th with questions...
Wells Fargo
Hands on Banking
Cha-ching! You just hit the jackpot with this interactive consumer math unit. Supported by a series of online lessons and activities, these lessons engage students in applying their math skills to real-life personal...
Beyond Benign
Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phone Accounts
How sustainable are cell phones? Throughout the unit, learners explore the issues around cell phones concerning sustainability. Class members take a graphical look at the number of cell phones across the world using a box-and-whisker...
Newspaper Association of America
By the Numbers: Mathematical Connections in Newspapers for Middle-Grade Students
A cross-curricular resource teaches and reinforces mathematical concepts with several activities that use parts of a newspaper. Scholars use scavenger hunts to find the different ways math is used in the paper along with using data...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Fractions and Decimals
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario by picking out clothing. Those skills include calculating percentages using fractions and calculating the new cost of a product after a...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: Fractions and Graphs
On this interactive website, students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario at the pyramids. Those skills include showing percentages as fractions and decimals and interpreting data in a sector graph.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Fisher Boat: Multiplying Fractions
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario on a fishing boat. Those skills include using everyday percentages as fractions and decimals, and multiplying simple fractions by whole numbers.