Students solve problems involving interest. In this investing activity, students investigate the pros and cons of investing in a bank account and stocks. They differentiate between aggressive and conservative investments.

Students use their knowledge of area and perimeter to design a fictitious garden fence. In this area and perimeter lesson, students design a garden fence with a set perimeter. They are given the cost per foot of the fence, and determine...

Fifth graders explore equivalent fractions. In groups, classmates follow instructions to tear paper into fractional parts. Students brainstorm real life items that are equivalent. They model and identify equivalent fractions using...

Fifth graders have to use division to solve problems in everyday situations. This worksheet on estimation and division has students practice these skills using real-life examples. The worksheet is part of the Houghton Mifflin math series...

Young scholars determine the amount of water used or misused daily in a home. They identify ways to conserve use of water. They discuss why water is essential for day-to-day living and how water contributes to the standard of living for...

How much water does it take to brush your teeth? How about to wash your clothes? Perform an experiment that measures water usage in everyday tasks and compares them to the days before indoor plumbing, specifically the California...

Young learners practice addition and subtraction to solve problems. They use a webquest application to model how to solve math problems using pictures, words and numbers, and also practice using multiplication and division.

High schoolers research using the Internet, study books, reference sources, newspapers, and magazines for information about successful black business people and write a research paper. They may also interview entrepreneurs in their...

Twelfth graders determine probabilities of real-life events such as life expectancies, winning a lottery ticket, and the break-even premium. They deduce what percent of markup is. Students are able to compare terms for financing a car...

Students experience real life by utilizing math skills to plan a household budget and enhance their financial planning skills.

Young scholars create a plan to achieve personal and financial goals. In this budgeting goals lesson, students identify their sources of income and discuss being financially independent. Young scholars record their monthly expenditures...

Young scholars complete a Cirlce Map about time. They recall times during the grouchy ladybugs travels, and add dots on ladybugs using turn-around facts. Pupils correctly sequence the events of The Grouchy Ladybug. Students compose new...

With college tuition at an all-time high, high school high schoolers must consider the financial obligations of attending higher education, as well as the impact of college on future career opportunities. Pupils will complete...

Students do a shopping simulation in order to have a chance to apply their math skills in a real life fashion. They decide how much money they have, what they want to buy, if they have enough money and how much change they should get back.

Students identify various sources of income and discern between needs and wants as they also learn to create a personal budget.  In this personal budget lesson, student understand financial scenarios as they relate to different ways...

Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of mental math. They perform calculations as following: recognizing a half, three quarters, and tenths. Students are also challenged to extend skills to making...

Students see the importance of primary sources in the study of history, but also the limitations of relying only on primary sources of taking the money, as it were, at face value.

Students explore prairie life. In this Oregon Trail lesson, students read literature regarding the move west and participate in cross-curricular activities. Students should take digital photographs of the participation in activities and...

Second graders develop the skill of place values up to the tens place. They practice identifying the values of 2 digit numbers and writing the correlating values with counting. They use the example of money to make the lesson more...

Students work in groups to calculate the costs of a trip to Six Flags amusement park. For this domain and range lesson, students calculate the least and greatest amounts of money needed for tickets, food, souvenirs, and airplane tickets.

Students examine the difference between psychological needs and wants to control spending.

Students explore adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers in the context of money. In this computation lesson, students use play money and IOU's to model various mathematical algorithms.

Students explore water properties by conducting a class experiment. In this buoyancy lesson, students make predictions as to whether or not specific objects will sink or float in water. Students conduct the experiment and record their...