All Those Advertising Dollars!

In this middle school statistics and probability worksheet, students interpret circle graphs in order to determine which graph accurately displays the given data. The four page worksheet contains explanation, examples and six problems....

Students examine where their food dollars go while recognizing coins and making change. They identify their favorite foods, receive one dollar, and take away amounts for each person involved in the production of their food dollar.

Students examine several examples of budgets to develop a facility with the components of its formation. Income, expenses, and expenditures are considered and itemized for this lesson.

Young scholars examine how bananas are certified and how this helps to conserve the tropical rainforest ecosystems.  In this rainforest lesson students complete a scavenger hunt activity and develop their own certification criteria. 

In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students solve problems based on a table containing information using large numbers. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.

Students answer questions written by other teams about literature in an attempt to become "millionaires." In small groups they write a motivational introduction to their teams selected books, publish their questions as a HyperCard...

Students use coupons to save. In this saving lesson students practice their addition, multiplication and estimating skills with dollars and cents. They investigate grocery coupons and look for ways to save money.

Students define sample, describe a random sample, and discuss what compromises a sample. They determine a sample size to estimate a population characteristic with confidence.

Students solve equations with negative numbers. In this addition and subtraction lesson plan, students review how to add and subtract with positive and negative numbers on a number line. Students discuss the outcomes of adding two...