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The Lowdown — Living Wages in CA: Ratio and Rate in the Real World
How much money is enough money? Future wage earners explore the minimum hourly wage and then use it to calculate monthly and yearly earnings. They use an interactive to consider living costs and determine whether earning a minimum wage...
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Wages, Salaries, and Such
Learners investigate the economics of a job by computing wages based on days, weeks and years. For this vocational lesson, students complete hourly wage worksheets based on employment information. Learners utilize average income data...
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Creating Line Graphs
Students draw line graphs. In this math lesson plan, students interpret minimum wage data and graph the data in a line graph. Students predict the next minimum wage and figure the earnings for a 40 hour work week for someone earning the...
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Income and Expenses
Students discuss income and expenses. In this instructional activity on money, students define income and expenses, after whith they keep track of their income and expense transactions on a basic ledger.
Illustrative Mathematics
The Price of Bread
As part of an initiative to strengthen our young adults' financial understanding, this problem explores the cost of bread and minimum wage since the 1930s. Learners are asked to find the percent increase from each year and compare it...
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Family Letter
Middle schoolers, working with their parents, calculate and complete five word problems associated with multiplying and dividing decimals. Students research the current Federal minimum wage at the library or on the Internet.
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Lesson #73 Absolute Maximum and Minimum
Students listen to a lecture about absolute maximum and absolute minimum. For this maximum and minimum lesson students use steps to find points and practice with an example.
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Creating Line Graphs
Students relate data to coordinate graphs and plot points on this graph. They use minimum wage data to construct the graph. Students decide appropriate time intervals for the graphs. They share graphs with their classmates.
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Gender Equity in the Classroom
Learners review employment statistics and wages over the past 20 years. They examine the Federal Work Force Laws. They apply formulas to find the rate of change in the minimum wage.
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Lines of Fit
Students graph an equation and analyze the data. For this algebra lesson, students graph scatter plots and identify the line of best fit using positive correlation, negative correlation an d no correlation. They apply their data analysis...
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Multiplying Large Numbers Using the Lattice Method
Third graders practice multiplication. In this multiplication lesson plan, 3rd graders receive instruction on how to multiply large numbers using the lattice method.
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Making Good Investments
Young scholars compare different aspects of investing money from traditional savings accounts to money market accounts. They research investment accounts at local banks and compare them.
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Getting Familiar with Fractals
Students use the Internet to answer lab questions about fractals, and then construct fractals using the initial stage and iteration rule. They complete tables and generate rules for the "nth" term and create their own fractals.
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Equations and Systems of Equations
Pupils practice using algebra to be applied to real world situational problems. The key concepts of translation of language to algebraic expressions is covered. They also look in depth at relationships between different quantities.
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Using Inequalities to Problem Solve
Learners explore inequalities. In this Algebra I lesson, students solve and graph linear inequalities involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Learners use inequalities to solve and graph real-world problems.
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