Eating on a Budget

Students consider the implications of eating out. In this family budgeting lesson, students determine how to make better meal-budgeting choices as they play a game called "Let's Eat Out".

Young scholars investigate family budgeting methods. In this family budget instructional activity, students examine the wages and expenditures of family and participate in a simulation that requires them to employ the envelope budget...

Students explore grocery store circulars to choose items for a snack.  In this snack math lesson, students must plan a class snack for $20.00. Students create a list estimating costs.  Students view lists and choose one for their class. ...

Students explore wants and needs. In this family budgeting instructional activity, students play the Food Money game to help them distinguish between food wants and needs. Students discuss their impressions of the game and food budgets.

Students examine their ecological footprint. In this technology based lesson plan, students calculate patterns of consumption and suggest ways to decrease their resource usage. This lesson plan includes several multi-media resources,...

Students explore what butgeting means. In this mathematics lesson, students determine that certain things need to be part of a budget like food and clothing by answering real-life types of questions on whether one should save money and...

Students explore the concept of estimating by watching a video, and discussing the strategies for estimation. They estimate the costs for various menu items, then calculate the exact amount spent.