Figuring Costs Using Fractions
Students will learn to use fractions to figure out costs. Teaching Objectives: Students will apply fractions to real- life situations involving costs. Students will review multiplying fractions....
View ArticleProtecting the Environment: Becoming an Environmental Engineer
Learn how environmental engineers protect the environment and how a person can become one. Teaching Objectives: Students will be able to list and describe various capacities in which environmental...
View ArticleCooking for a Living: Becoming a Chef
Learn what chefs do and how a person can become a chef. Teaching Objectives: Students will be able to list several places where a chef might work. Students will be able to describe the main...
View ArticleSources of Credit: It Is In Your Interest?
Students learn about sources of credit and calculating interest rates. Teaching Objectives: Identify potential sources of credit. Compare credit sources. Evaluate credit practices. Calculate credit...
View ArticleMoney Math: Lessons for Life
Students learn money math. Table of Contents: Foreword Correlations to NCTM Principles and Standards of Mathematics Lesson 1 The Secret to Becoming a Millionaire Lesson 2 Wallpaper Woes Lesson 3 Math...
View ArticleCaring for the Trees: Becoming an Arborist
Learn about arborists, where they work, and how a person can become an arborist. Teaching Objectives: Students will be able to explain what an arborist is and what kinds of activities an arborist might...
View ArticleA Career with Bugs: Becoming an Entomologist
Learn what entomologists are, where they work, and how a person can become an entomologist. Teaching Objectives: Students will be able to explain what an entomologist is and what kinds of activities...
View ArticleFor Plant Lovers Only: Becoming a Botanist
Learn what botanists are, where they work, and how a person can become a botanist. Teaching Objectives: Students will be able to explain what a botanist is and what kinds of activities a botanist might...
View ArticleWriting Expressions Involving Money Amounts
Students will learn to write expressions using money amounts. Teaching Objectives: Students will review evaluating expressions. Students will review expressions verses equations. Students will learn to...
View ArticleWriting Expressions with Different Money Amounts
Students will learn to write and evaluate expressions that have different money amounts. Teaching Objectives: Students will review writing expressions. Students will review evaluating expressions....
View ArticleThe Gold Rush – Impact and Expansion
Students will learn about various gold rushes, including the California, Colorado, and Alaska Gold Rushes. Teaching Objectives: Students will understand of the major events surrounding the California,...
View ArticleMoney Expressions with Two Operations
Students will learn to solve money problems with two or more operations. Teaching Objectives: Students will learn to define an expression. Students will learn to write expressions to solve problems....
View ArticleGood Times and Hard Times in America
Learn about good times and bad times in the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Teaching Objectives: Students will be to identify the automobile, movie and radio industries as indicative of...
View ArticleThe Election of FDR and the New Deal
Learn about the New Deal and the election of FDR. Teaching Objectives: Students will understand some of the New Deal programs initiated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his administration to alleviate...
View ArticleCalculating Down Payments as a Fraction
Students will learn to calculate down payments using fractions. Teaching Objectives: Students will learn about down payments. Students will learn to calculate down payments using fractions. Students...
View ArticleInvest in Yourself
Students are divided into four groups to produce name tents. Each group produces name tents in a different way to highlight different levels of human capital. Students identify ways in which people...
View ArticleW Is for Wages – W4 and W2 Forms
Students compute the gross pay for fictional John Dough given his hourly wage and the number of hours worked. They compare gross pay with net pay. They learn what FICA and federal income taxes are....
View ArticleCash the Check and Track the Dough
Students will learn about checking accounts, savings accounts, and check-cashing services. They learn the components of a check and how to organize and enter information into a bank account register,...
View ArticleYour Budget Plan – Spending Behaviors
Students work in pairs to participate in a “Track Star” game that illustrates positive and negative spending behaviors. Each pair analyzes the game results, identifies effective and ineffective...
View ArticleSavvy Savers – Benefits of Interest-Bearing Accounts
Students calculate compound interest to identify benefits of saving in interest-bearing accounts. They learn the “rule of 72” and that it applies to both investments and debt. They apply the rule of 72...
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