Council for Economic Education
Using an Excel Checkbook
High school is the time that many scholars get their first jobs. Help young entrepreneurs apply economic principles to crucial skills for their new jobs and for functioning in society in general. They use Excel to balance a checkbook by...
National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
Hospitality and Tourism 2: Costing
The lesson plan provides a richly detailed narrative and sample problems for teaching or reinforcing how to work with percentages. In particular, your audience will compute the costs per serving of food and simulate setting menu prices...
Museum of Science
Cookie Mining
Knock a chip off the cookie. Learners purchase a property to mine and mining tools. Pupils use their tools to mine chocolate chips out of a cookie for 5 minutes and return cookie fragments to its original site. After the time is over,...
Curated OER
Budgeting: Vacation Planning
In this vacation planning worksheet, students plan a vacation. They determine the approximate cost of their vacation. Students complete an itenrary and graphic organizer to identify daily costs of the vacation. ...
Visa
Credit Cards
Choosing your first credit card can often be an intimidating and confusing experience for young adults. Give your pupils the foundational knowledge they need for tackling this process head-on, including learning to...
Inside Mathematics
Party
Thirty at the party won't cost any more than twenty-five. The assessment task provides a scenario for the cost of a party where the initial fee covers a given number of guests. The class determines the cost for specific numbers of guests...
Curated OER
Kinder Bakeshop
Pupils create a bakery where they sell cookies for a week. Students identify and interpret how to make their own money and deposit it into their bank accounts. Pupils also identify how to withdraw money from these accounts in order to...
Council for Economic Education
You Can Bank On This! (Part 3)
Young scholars use a chart to show how gaining interest is a beneficial part of having a savings account. In this banking lesson plan, students also learn about the workings of an ATM and a checking account.
Curated OER
Market Structures and Competition
Young scholars explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are...
Curated OER
Economic Activity and Markets
Learners identify and interpret that economic activity involves making choices in the face of scarcity, therefore making choices involves a cost. They also identify that individuals interact in markets by inducing one another, through...
Curated OER
Money, Commercial Banking, and Interest
Stdents explore the operation of the commercial banking system and the mechanics of money creation through the lending process. They investigate various interest rates to develop the relationship between interest rates and risk and...
Curated OER
Review of Pre-Algebra
Middle and high schoolers review topics covered Pre-Algebra. They solve problems questions dealing with exponents, square roots and absolute value. They use the rules of divisibility and identify prime numbers. This two-page on-line...
Curated OER
Review of Algebra I
Test your class with this online review. They determine the probability of a given situation, solve inequalities, systems of equations, and write numbers in scientific notation. This two-page worksheet contains approximately 60...
Curated OER
Review of Searching
In this math review worksheet, learners answer 50 multiple choice and true/false questions related to algorithms and has functions.
Curated OER
Spark Notes Review of Geometry
In this geometry worksheet, students are given the side lengths of polygons and asked to calculate the perimeter, area and shaded region. There are 30 questions with an answer key.
Curated OER
Review of Precalculus
In this Pre-calculus learning exercise, student’s knowledge of a wide variety of topics is assessed in this on-line review. The one page interactive learning exercise contains fifty problems. Answers are not provided.
Curated OER
Design a Parachute
Middle schoolers engage in a discussion about what a parachute is and how it works. They create a parachute using different materials that they think will work best. The students test their designs, which will be followed by a class...
Curated OER
Linear Functions: Are You Ready for the REAL World?
students emulate a real world problem and model it with mathematics working in a small group. Observe and facilitate discussion as the groups use various strategies, such as (graphs, brainstorming, tables, and dialogue.
Curated OER
Review of Geometry I
In this review worksheet, students identify the characteristics of intersecting and parallel lines They explore vertical, supplementary, alternate interior, alternate exterior and corresponding angles. This...
Curated OER
Review of Trigonometry
In this review of trigonometry worksheet, students determine the values of angels using sine, cosine, and tangent. They determine arc length and find the coordinates of endpoints. This two-page worksheet contains...
Curated OER
Review of Calculus BC I
In this review worksheet, learners match a function to the proper description. they identify the domain of a function. Students determine the slope of an inverse function. They find the derivative of given...
Curated OER
Planning A Household Budget
Learners experience real life by utilizing math skills to plan a household budget and enhance their financial planning skills.
Curated OER
Review of Calculus
In this calculus learning exercise, 12th graders solve problems that cover a variety of topics, including limits, derivatives, integrals, and problem solving. The one page interactive learning exercise contains forty-eight...
Curated OER
Review of Calculus BC II
For this Calculus worksheet, students assess their understanding of various topics, including the derivatives of trigonometric functions, evaluating integrals, sigma notation, and convergent and divergent series. The one page...