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Simulate real-world personal budgeting by assigning each student a fictional career with a salary and student loan debt, then guiding them through calculating take-home pay and a full monthly household budget.
A cross-curricular project-based-learning module blending environmental science (urban heat island effect, hydrological disruption) with municipal-finance math (capital vs. operational expenditures, opportunity cost, cost-benefit analysis) around the theme of designing a climate-resilient city.
Multi-day project-based math unit where students plan a themed class party: brainstorming, researching costs from store flyers, adding decimals to build a budget, and designing a proposal, aligned to Common Core math-practice and grade 3-4 ELA writing standards.
A choice-board math project for 5th grade students to review a self-selected math topic in depth through a creative product of their choosing, at the end of the school year.
Here’s a realistic and engaging way to teach upper elementary pupils in grades 3-6 about budgeting while introducing some basic financial literacy too! How to Use: 1) Each student will be assigned a monthly budget (from $1,700 all the way to $5,000). 2) They select one of three options (low, medium, pricey) for each spending category: housing, eating,…
A multi-file resource package teaching the mathematical/historical concept of the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci numbers, connecting math to art, nature, and architecture, via a slideshow, student guide, and project materials.
A real-world financial literacy budgeting project where students research and compare the three ways to pay for a car (saving, loan, lease) and calculate the full monthly cost of car ownership.
A five-project STEAM/project-based-learning packet connecting the novel 'The War That Saved My Life' to WWII history through hands-on engineering, art, math, and science activities.
This Financial Literacy: Vacation Math Project will get students excited about using math skills in everyday life to plan something fun: a vacation! It's a great math project to use before summer vacation or anytime you want to incorporate financial literacy into your curriculum! They will plan a personal vacation including a flight, hotel, some kind of…
A multi-day project-based learning activity in which students design a garden/flower bed, applying area and perimeter math to squares and rectangles.
A middle/high school personal finance and budgeting project teaching students to differentiate needs vs. wants and build a monthly budget.
A high-school math/data-literacy summative project task that has students research a topic of their choice to identify bias in how data is gathered, presented, and interpreted in the media.
Give students a park-design problem with a perimeter of fifty-six units and a choice of internal layout. They divide the space among six uses, calculate area-based costs and add fencing before finding the total project cost. A pool-depth requirement adds volume work, while comparing finished plans can reveal how equal perimeters produce different areas and budgets.
Guided notes, practice, and a hands-on data collection mini-project introducing scatter plots to meet CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.SP.A.1.
A high-school life-skills project (Module 1 of a 'Moving Out On Your Own' series) that has students research real apartment listings and evaluate housing options to build independent-living and budgeting skills.
A six-answer survey question anchors this integrated math project, which has students poll exactly 25 people and tally the responses by hand. From there they convert each answer's tally into a fraction out of 25, an equivalent fraction out of 100, and a percent written as a decimal, following a worked example (4/25 = 16/100 = 16% = 0.16). The next step converts each decimal to a number of degrees by multiplying by 360, with a reminder that all six values must sum to 360 degrees before drawing begins. In the final step, students use a protractor aligned to the circle's center to plot each angle in turn, then add a title, color, and labels to complete their own hand-drawn circle graph.
This resource is an Economics: Personal Finance Student Project. In this 18 page product (Google and Traditional version provided) students will have everything they need to complete a research project on personal finance. While completing this project, students will develop an understanding of how much it really costs to live on their own and support…
A six-part STEM design project that has students apply circuit knowledge (open, closed, parallel, series) and algebra to design, cost out, and present a working simple machine or toy powered by batteries.
A high school financial literacy project where students compare a single-income vs. dual-income family budget to evaluate the real-world trade-offs of one parent staying home for childcare versus both parents working.
Math project teaching elapsed-time calculation using a personalized 'perfect day' schedule.
Guide students through a real-world multi-step math project applying arithmetic, geometry, spatial reasoning, and budgeting skills by planning and pricing a bedroom renovation.
The Number Devil Math Project An engaging teaching resource particularly suited for grade 6 to 8 students. Its primary effect is making mathematics an engrossing subject through the medium of a fascinating novel: The Number Devil. Storyline: The story follows Robert, a young character who initially struggles with understanding…
Here’s an engaging, summer-themed, real-world math budget project for your middle grades students (in grades 5-8). The math project incorporates useful personal finance and financial literacy skills along with realistic budgeting. Each student in your class is going to plan their purchases for a summer camping trip with friends! How to Use: You will…
Turn a store idea into a budgeting project using four student pages. Learners research a rental location and supplies, calculate a year of payroll under the worksheet’s wage assumption, and add expenses before finding the remaining budget. The open inventory list allows different levels of detail, while an advertisement prompt provides a creative extension after the calculations.