It's never too early to learn about grocery budgeting. Middle schoolers delve into the world of consumer math with a lesson that focuses on both healthy choices and real-world math applications. Groups work together to form a grocery...

Young scholars explore number sense by creating a math presentation in class. In this parts of a whole lesson, students define and discuss the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages before completing a problem worksheet...

Students use decimals, fractions, and percents to solve problems in a real world setting.

Students make fudge after reading fractional values in recipes and finding equivalent fractions to those presented in the recipes. They study measurement abbreviations.

Students investigate fractions using online sources.

Upper graders will solve equations using order of operations, and create equations that to play a fun math bowling game. They will bowl using dice to practice operations. Extensions are also included.

Ordering numbers just got physical! Learners practice putting numbers in sequence, both in fraction and decimal form. To begin, they line up in birthday order and discuss the difference between ascending and descending. They are then...

Third graders use a worksheet to budget a five-hundred dollar shopping spree. They select goods to purchase, figure totals and then calculate discounts and sales tax. They compare results to determine who purchased the most for his or...

Students become part of the solution as they practice figuring percents. The number of men versus women present in the room and their heights can be used to form the basis of this investigation.

Aspiring statisticians create tree diagrams and figure probabilities of events based on those diagrams. They practice adding and multiplying fractions and explain complementary probabilities. Students use computers activities to make...

Students practice figuring percentages by solving written shopping problems.  For this consumer math lesson, students read several scenarios dealing with items on sale and must figure out the new price.  Students check their...

Eighth graders use the unit price to compare which local grocery store has the best prices. Assign students to work with a partner and a role. One person is the recorder and the other is the mathematician.

Students read, write, and identify different coin combinations and use this information in real-world situations.

Students estimate, calculate, and count back the amount of change needed from purchases made during small group activities.

Young scholars explore Earth science by completing weather symbol worksheets. In this cloud identification lesson, students identify the different types of clouds in the sky and how they are formed. Young scholars complete a cloud...