Work on making good shopping choices with a fun economics project. Kids analyze the differences between brand names and generic products, bigger and smaller units for purchase, and different places they can shop for different items.

Students use multiple math skills to complete grocery story problems. For this grocery math lesson, students study grocery ads to learn about the cost of foods. Students investigate food types and the costs of processed versus raw foods....

Food takes a trip to the table. Class members choose a meal from a menu and calculate the total cost of the meal including tax and tip. Using a food origin card, pupils determine how far each of the ingredients of a meal traveled to end...

Learners explore the use of coupons to promote cost saving and help families remain within their monthly budget. In groups students create a shopping list using coupons provided by the teacher. They record the actual cost of the item as...

Your class members will have the opportunity to practice the valuable skill of constructing a personal budget using real-world resources, such as a car advertisement and grocery list. They will take into consideration monthly and yearly...

Students read the book Sam I Am and complete math calculations on the prices of ingredients that Sam did not want to eat. In this math calculations lesson plan, students list the items Sam would not eat into a computer program and...

Students examine how places of various size function as centers of economic activity. They develop a list of things that families shop for, analyze a local map, create a chart demonstrating how far they travel for the items they listed,...

Students explore the Spanish equivalents for everyday food items and determine reasonable prices for those items using the currency of Spanish speaking countries.

Learners explore kitchen math and following multi-step directions by making pancakes. They assemble the ingredients and make the batter. Students create faces, geometric figures, shapes or lines using pancake batter.