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8th grade math simulations $5-10
Stock Market Crash Simulation Activity│1929 │Great Depression │PowerPoint Game
This interactive PowerPoint activity will review the climate of the 1920's and introduce the basic of trading on the stock market to your 5th graders.Students will work together in "investment teams" and trade on the stock market with their starting $1,000. The game winds its way through the 1920s, eventually crashing on Black Tuesday. I highly recommend using this as an activity to introduce the stock market crash. The first time I tried this activity, I had already taught about Black Tuesda
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5th - 8th
Ice Cream Shop Tycoon PBL (Project-Based Learning)
Welcome to the Ice Cream Shop Tycoon PBL project! In this project, your learners will design an ice cream shop that will be ready to compete with the best ice cream shops operating in your local city. Students will consider all aspects of business start-up including menu design and branding, customer experience, pricing and costs, marketing, etc. There is a wealth of information in this packet to guide you and your students through an amazing learning experience. Whether you are an experienced P
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3rd - 9th
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Trade and Barter: A Trading Simulation
Welcome to the world of economic exchange! Throughout history, people have traded, bartered, negotiated, and haggled in order to receive the greatest amount of goods for the lowest cost. From the direct trade of goods to the use of currency, people have found ways to satisfy their wants and needs. This trade simulation provides students with an opportunity to barter with imaginary resources and goods in order to obtain points. The premise for the simulation is the combination of resources. In th
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6th - 12th
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Young Entrepreneur - Independent Business Project (Google Slides)
This two part project will walk your students through all the steps they need to design a school-wide business, estimate costs, plan a budget, determine pricing for profits, and seek investors! This digital project is ready to go with student editable slides, alternative slides for teacher customization, and a teacher walk through! Whether learners are creating a hypothetical business or actually running a school-wide business, they will LOVE becoming young entrepreneurs!(printer friendly versio
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3rd - 8th
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The Trading Game (Social Studies Simulation)
This trading simulation game was developed during my practicum as part of a unit on Canada's trading partners but can be easily adapted for History and Social Studies lessons in other countries, as well as exploring ancient civilizations. The focus of the game is to instill an understanding of the uneven distribution of global resources, and is intended to be played with lots of time for a (guaranteed passionate!) discussion period afterwards. This game was modeled for the Ontario Curriculum (gr
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4th - 10th
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Cells - Cell Size Lab PowerPoint & Handouts
Cells - Cell Size Diffusion and Math Lab Why are cells so small? This integrated math lab allows students to experiment with various "cell" sizes to determine the ideal cell size. Lab activity includes lots of measurements and calculations to demonstrate why the ratio of surface area to volume is so important with respect to cells. Great demonstration lab or a challenging individual or group lab for higher level learners and differentiated grouping.• DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM links to all items
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
Also included in: Cell Processes - PowerPoint & Notes, Labs, Activities, & Projects
Personal Finance Monthly Budget Board Game (editable!)
About This LessonThis board game led to hours of fun as students did some #adulting in class! There were some “but that’s not FAIR!!” comments, along with, “REALLY? I have to pay for that?!”, and, my favorite, “I have to pay this bill EVERY MONTH?! That’s stupid!” This board game has 30 spaces - one for each day of the month. As students move through the game, they’ll pay bills, have opportunities to do fun things (that they have to pay for!), and face unexpected events that could help or hurt t
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6th - 9th
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Fin Lit - The Financial Literacy Game for Middle and High School
Financial Literacy was new to my curriculum this year and I really struggled to find engaging financial literacy activities for middle schoolers. Enter Fin Lit, the financial literacy game I created to teach students about the realities of earning money, a budget, and real life situations that come up out of the blue!The game was created to be used in a 7th grade classroom however, I think the financial literacy game could be modified and played as young as 5th grade, in middle school, and in h
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Math Munchies Cafe: Tips, Discounts, Tax, Percents
This real life application will help your students practice finding prices after taxes, tips, and discounts. Transform your classroom into a restaurant with these easy to follow guidelines, menu, and student worksheets. Invite younger students to visit and be your customers (they will have the opportunity to practice adding decimals and making change). My students LOVE becoming waiters/waitresses in the "Math Muchies Cafe" and will have a better understanding of the never ending question of:
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3rd - 8th
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Project Based Learning | Football Math and Reading - FUN for Super Bowl 2024
Get your students excited about the upcoming Super Bowl with this fun and engaging football-themed project! In this activity, students will imagine being a FOOTBALL MANAGER and will use close reading skills and creative thinking to design their own DREAM TEAM and practice real-world math skills. Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity, so that students can further enha
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5th - 8th
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Checkbook Activity - Real Life Examples, Decimals
Trying to make math more meaningful for your students or give them a glimpse into using math in day to day life? This activity simulates having a checking account and all of the factors that contribute to the amount of money a person has.
The download of this activities includes:
-Directions for carrying out the activity
-Account ledgers (similar to what a checkbook ledger looks like)
-Activity cards (over 90 cards including starting balance, pay day, life activities)
This activity shows stud
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4th - 12th
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Real-life Budget activity
This activity will be a guided class activity in which students choose their career from a list of careers and median salaries. The students will then use websites and given information to determine their school loan payments, buy a house, determine their mortgage, utilities, car payment, insurance and groceries/living expenses. The students will be able to complete a budget sheet and then a short 4 question reflection sheet from the activity. My students did this at the end of 8th grade math
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6th - 12th
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NEW! Geography Understanding and Reading Graphs & Charts Carousel Activity
UNDERSTANDING & READING GRAPHS & CHARTS IN GEOGRAPHYINTRODUCTION ACTIVITYThis lesson is an introductory lesson to (1) prepare students and a climate students with the different types of graphs and charts, (2) to understand the difference between a graph and a chart, (3) begin learning to decipher the data each represents and (4) how each represents the data.OBJECTIVE: o The learner will understand the difference between a graph and a chart and will be able to identify each. o The le
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6th - 12th
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What would Barbie Look like if she were Real?
Ever wondered what Barbie would look like if she were real? Now you can work with your students to find out!
Part 3
In order to save you and your students time, I measured various segments of Barbie's actual doll measurements. Students can use their measurements from Parts 1 and 2 of the Human Body Proportion Lab (available on TCP) OR measure their height or foot size to determine the SCALE FACTOR between their body and the doll's body. Using the SF, students will determine Barbie's measure
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Real World Simulation Game
This activity puts students through a simulation where they have a job, salary, expenses and events that occur in order to simulate real life. The students must apply the use of percents, decimals, and positive or negative integers since they track their money through a check book register while traveling around a game board, competing against classmates.What is included?-career, fate, and destiny cards-game board-check book register-simulation outline-teacher notes/hints-student cheat sheet-loa
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6th - 8th
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REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS PERSONAL FINANCE MINI UNIT
· This Personal Finance mini unit is often described as having the biggest impact on students’ real-world understanding. · Often, these lessons are the first-time students have been asked to consider their relationship with money, their knowledge of how much goods and services cost, and their own values.· Students will examine income, expenses, and household budget in order to understand how their career salaries will be put to use in the real world. Knowing the different salary withholdings and
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS Personal Finance and Understand Income DIGITAL
The Motown Sound
This is a game format that teaches students about the time period of 1959 - 1972. Included are entrepreneurial tasks, fun fate cards, a time line activity, and lots of good music.
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4th - 12th
March Madness Activities | Project Based Learning | BASKETBALL Math and Reading
Get your students excited about the upcoming MARCH MADNESS BASKETBALL SEASON with this fun and engaging basketball-themed project!In this activity, students will imagine being a BASKETBALL COACH and will use close reading skills and creative thinking to design their own DREAM TEAM and practice real-world math skills.Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity so that stude
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5th - 8th
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Balance of Center | Mean as Fair Share Interactive Google Slides w/ Google Form
18 slides of different interactive activities giving students an opportunity to move around online math manipulatives to find the balance of center and mean as fair share. There is a google form that goes along with the slides so students can get instant feedback. Examples:- balancing a bar graph- balancing a dot plot- sharing money to find the fair share between four friends- moving marbles around in different jars to find the mean of marbles per jar- moving snap cubes to balance the four grou
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3rd - 8th
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8th Grade Map Out A Town Writing Linear Equations Project (End of Year Activity)
Writing Linear Equations Project8th Grade Math - Map Out A TownMy collection of Add-Ons include activities to enhance your classroom. They are the perfect way to both enrich and remediate the math concepts taught while also incorporating collaboration. This project is absolutely perfect for the end of the year. It is engaging and let's each student explore the career of Urban Planning. Check out my entire shop to make your life easier! We all know that teachers work way too hard, so treat yourse
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7th - 9th
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Economics - Spent Simulation
A graphic organizer for the online simulation Spent.
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7th - 10th
Economics - Build Your Stax Simulation
An organizer for the Build Your Stax online stock simulation.
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7th - 10th
INVESTING IN THE STOCK MARKET : an in-class simulation guide
This is a 29 page package to support teachers in running a 24 day stock market simulation in their grade 5-10 classroom. I have used a version of this in my class for several years now and the kids LOVE it! I have adjusted it and perfected it to include a 24 page student booklet, an evaluation sheet, and a three page SPECIFIC teacher instruction manual.
I offer this exact resource IN FRENCH. Check out La classe de Mme Geneviève for other Math Resources and French Immersion Resources.
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5th - 10th
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Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies (percents)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are faced with a zombie attack, solving equations using percents within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of percents will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instruction as a center activi
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5th - 8th
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