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Middle school other (math) simulations
Credit Card Simulation
Included in this product you will find a credit card simulation activity that requires students to choose between three different furniture store credit cards (all with different interest rates and special deals). After they choose a credit card and fill out an application, they will practice calculating monthly interest, minimum payments, and remaining balance on a well organized chart that is provided for them. Next, they will use an Excel Spreadsheet (included) to do those same calculations a
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5th - 12th
Colonial Money - Using Pounds, Shillings, and Pence in Colonial America
Colonial America is fascinating! Add a new layer of interest and excitement to your teaching of the 13 Colonies with this Colonial Money Mini-Unit!
I try to give my students a “deep dive” into the 18th Century and this colonial money resource is the perfect way to give students an inside view of life in Colonial America.
Students will learn so much more than just pounds, shillings, and pence. They will learn about wages, item values, primary source inventories, and more.
The use of a littl
Grades:
5th - 6th
Also included in: 5th Grade Social Studies Big Bundle
DRIVER EDUCATION - ROAD TRIP PROJECT
This is a project that can be used in your driver education classroom. It will require research of miles between points, time tables, gasoline mileage of a chosen vehicle and budgeting a certain amount of given moey for the entire ROAD TRIP ! Have fun.
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7th - 12th
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Geometry:Concurrent Points GeoGebra Activity - Circumcenter & Incenter -w/ Key
Tired of teaching the same boring lessons on Circumcenter and Incenter? After years of using the standard book resources, I decided to create this activity that demonstrates some real-life applications of these concurrent points. This product includes 9 tasks (with complete answer key and screen shots of graphics). Each task will ask students to find a real life circumcenter or incenter. (While this product did not include any centroid or orthocenter problems, I left those options on the top
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Personal Finance Budget Simulation
Fifth grade students in Texas are expected to be able to describe the importance of creating a budget in which income and expenses are balanced. Use this fun simulation/game to introduce the concept in a relevant way to your kiddos!
To play, students will only need whiteboards or lined paper to keep track of their expenses. Each student will start out with $20 in allowance money and will be asked to make spending decisions as they travel throughout the mall with their best friend.
An unexpec
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4th - 6th
Dealing with the Shark Tank: Entrepreneurship Project
This project was recently completed with two all gifted classes as a part of an economics unit (a 4th grade class and a 5th grade class). The students absolutely loved the unit, and they all retained the important information as proven by their assessments. This could be modified and used in the middle school classroom as well. This project includes a simulation where students are involved in inventing a better product (such as making gym shoes better by adding springs in them). They use
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4th - 8th
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School Bank (Classroom Management + Financial Literacy)
Transform group management and educate in finance with a School Bank!Note: This resource operates through Google Sheets and requires a Google account for its functionality.What's Included?Google Sheets Database Template:Efficiently organize up to 45 accounts.Easily create and manage independent groups.Complete Tutorial:Detailed guide on using this resource.Instructions on creating accounts and assigning QR codes to cards.Customizable Designs.Account opening and job application forms.Administrati
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4th - 10th
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Financial Literacy/Socioeconomic Simulation 5-Day Unit
This unit gives students an immersive, in-depth, and hands-on opportunity to apply the "real-world" learning they crave in the classroom. This is an ELA-centric unit that has cross-curricular math elements as well. Students can explore the issues of low-, mid-, and high-SES profiles with the capability of delving into the complications of disparity of wealth, privilege, and restrictions to social mobility. The profiles students will role-play are based off of real people and case studies, and th
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Casino Probability Project
Have your students demonstrate their understanding of probability by setting up a casino in your classroom with games created by the students. The casino currency can be candy, manipulative counters, or pennies (to be returned at the end of class).
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7th - 12th
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Personal Financial Literacy
Fifth graders in Texas are expected to be able to define four types of taxes (payroll, income, sales, and property). They are also expected to explain the importance of developing a budget and balance budgets.Make these abstract skills come to life in The Game of Life--a real world financial literacy situation. Students will randomly draw a job and associated salary (found at the end of the powerpoint). Then, as the teacher guides them through the slides, they will have to make financial decisio
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4th - 6th
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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Food Truck Math Bundle
This resource is great to use as an end of the year culminating math project or as an extension for small groups. I have included FOUR different versions of this product so that it is accessible to multiple levels of learners. One version fits best with the fourth grade math standards and another with the fifth grade math standards. In the sixth grade section, version 1 is of the sixth grade standards, and version 2 will challenge students with the sixth grade standards.During the first part of
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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WebQuest: Comparing Integers on a Number Line with PhET Interactive Simulation
In this WebQuest and Interactive Simulation, students will delve into the world of integers, which are whole numbers that can be positive, negative, or zero. Students will use the PhET simulation "Number Line: Integers" to visualize and manipulate integers on a number line, helping you understand their properties and relationships. Students will interact with the simulation as they are guided through the WebQuest.Link to be used:https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/number-line-integers/latest/num
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6th - 9th
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WebQuest: Graphing Slope-Intercept with PhET Simulation
In this webquest, students will explore the concept of graphing linear equations in slope-intercept form, \( y = mx + b \), where \( m \) represents the slope and \( b \) represents the y-intercept. Students will use the PhET simulation "Graphing Slope-Intercept" to investigate how changes in slope and y-intercept affect the graph of a line. Students will be engaged in 5 different tasks. An answer key is provided.The simulation link:https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/graphing-slope-intercept/la
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6th - 10th
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Day 3 - Weekly Shopping List / Grocery Budget Worksheet
On Day 3 of the Socioeconomic Simulation, students will use real, tangible grocery magazines to determine a weekly shopping list for their profile. After calculating the prices of their groceries for a week, students may multiply by "four" to determine the grocery budget for the month, and update the previous class period's budget accordingly.
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Financial Literacy/Socioeconomic Simulation 5-Day Unit
Personal Budgeting Lesson
Cut out the salaries and jobs at the bottom and have students randomly draw from a hat. Using that salary, they follow the steps of budgeting for the month. (You may want to have them choose their family size before they draw the salary.) I usually have them complete an entire round before I have them draw out the good/bad issues from a separate hat.
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7th - 10th
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Unit Rate and Percent Project: Duct Tape Pencil Pouch Business Plan
This project asks students to form a fictitious business selling duct tape pencil pouches. Students complete a variety of math problems calculating the cost to produce the pouches, cost of labor, determining profit, setting selling prices, and creating manufacturers suggested retail prices.
What math is involved?
-Finding area of a rectangle (decimal or fraction)
-Finding unit rate and unit price
-Using percent of a number to determine profit/cost
-Decimal and whole number computational skil
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6th - 8th
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2 Dice Probability Bingo Game
Simple Bingo game where students can use a bingo game as an experiment to discover which values are the highest probability in either the sum of 2 dice or the difference of 2 dice.
Students fill in the sheets with values they think will come up. They get to fill in one square per round if the have a value that matches the sum/difference of the dice. After the first game is played, it should be played again to allow students to use their understanding to improve their chances. Eg. using more
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5th - 8th
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Why Paying the Minimum is Bad - Credit Card Debt Calculator - Percents
This Excel file is set up to show students how quickly debt can add up if they only pay the minimum balance on a credit card. The spreadsheet is already formatted to do the calculations for you! All you have to change is your initial credit card balance and change the APR and minimum payment balance to fit different scenarios. This is a quick way to show your students the "big picture" when it comes to credit card debt. It is also a nice way to introduce students to applications of percents
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7th - 10th
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Percent Proportions Activity | Real-World Word Problems
Every day students encounter scenarios in which they need to calculate the percentage of a whole or determine how many parts remain. In this activity, students will practice calculating these types of scenarios by setting up a percent proportion. There will be different factors missing in each of the ten scenarios, so students should pay close attention that they are setting up the percent proportions correctly. Once they’ve solved the scenario they will need to relate their answer back to the p
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Grades:
6th - 9th
3D Shapes + Origami Maker Software
Get ready to practice and learn about a variety of 3D shape with the interactive software!⭐ The purpose of this software- Teach and Learn about 12 different 3D shapes- This software is for students as well as teachers/parents!⭐ What are the main features of the software?- Use your mouse and finger to move/rotate/transform/color/print/share 3D shapes. - Make your own nets origami and share with others.- Print the origami and make it with your hands like 3D-printing!- Contains the gamified content
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PreK - 8th
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Volume of Irregular Objects Lab STEM PBL
This lab provides students with the opportunity to work as a team to solve a skateboard company's dilemma!
You will need 60-80 minutes to complete this lab.
The lab comes with a diagram to help students understand the task without minimizing its challenge!
Although this lab stands on its own legs, you may want to "hook" the kids by showing them a video of skateboard production OR allow for research opportunities online.
Students will discover that they can find the volume of an irregular
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Grades:
5th - 6th
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