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A real world math project! It’s Friday. The Friday. The Friday that signals the end of the grading period. Students dig deep in their backpacks, bake a dozen cookies to schmooze a teacher and turn in as many missing assignments as possible before the final bell. The Honor Roll, the basketball team, and everyone’s cell phone privileges are decided on this day. As important as it is, some students are not sure how to calculate their GPA.
This pains the soul of the math teacher. In this project, students are not just asked to calculate a simple GPA. They are assess the goals of fictional students and determine the grades they will need to reach them. This allows students to solve basic equations and use simple formulas. Content-wise this can be a perfect fit at the end of the first quarter of an Algebra class. However the usefulness of the assignment could assist students at all levels.
In creating the assignment, I have not used weighted grades (colleges don't either!) and I have used 90-100 A, 80-89.999 B... grading scale.
In this 18 page document you will be given a mapping to the Content Standards, an outline for how to implement the project, handout resources for students to use, and an answer key. ***THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A GOOGLE SLIDES INTERACTIVE VERSION INCLUDED. REDOWNLOAD IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY***
In all it is three different assignments --
-- In “Grade Point Average” students use report card data to calculate GPAs and determine what grades students need to meet their goals.
-- In “The Hypothetical Game” students will determine the difference between boosting those percentages up in the last week of the quarter. What impact will it have on their overall GPA? Students will find out.
-- In “The Transcript” students learn the difference between an “Academic” GPA and the GPA that appears on their transcript. Students will set goals for the senior years of four different characters to help them achieve their goals. Unless it’s too late.
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•21st Century Math Projects -- All the Projects
•Algebra Projects Starter Bundle
•Geometry Projects Starter Bundle
•Algebra 2 - Pre-Calculus Projects Starter Bundle
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•21st Century Pre-Algebra –- the Entire Curriculum
•21st Century Algebra –- the Entire Curriculum
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A real world math project! It’s Friday. The Friday. The Friday that signals the end of the grading period. Students dig deep in their backpacks, bake a dozen cookies to schmooze a teacher and turn in as many missing assignments as possible before the final bell. The Honor Roll, the basketball team, and everyone’s cell phone privileges are decided on this day. As important as it is, some students are not sure how to calculate their GPA.
This pains the soul of the math teacher. In this project, students are not just asked to calculate a simple GPA. They are assess the goals of fictional students and determine the grades they will need to reach them. This allows students to solve basic equations and use simple formulas. Content-wise this can be a perfect fit at the end of the first quarter of an Algebra class. However the usefulness of the assignment could assist students at all levels.
In creating the assignment, I have not used weighted grades (colleges don't either!) and I have used 90-100 A, 80-89.999 B... grading scale.
In this 18 page document you will be given a mapping to the Content Standards, an outline for how to implement the project, handout resources for students to use, and an answer key. ***THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A GOOGLE SLIDES INTERACTIVE VERSION INCLUDED. REDOWNLOAD IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY***
In all it is three different assignments --
-- In “Grade Point Average” students use report card data to calculate GPAs and determine what grades students need to meet their goals.
-- In “The Hypothetical Game” students will determine the difference between boosting those percentages up in the last week of the quarter. What impact will it have on their overall GPA? Students will find out.
-- In “The Transcript” students learn the difference between an “Academic” GPA and the GPA that appears on their transcript. Students will set goals for the senior years of four different characters to help them achieve their goals. Unless it’s too late.
You may be interested in the following discounted bundles. SAVE $$$!
•21st Century Math Projects -- All the Projects
•Algebra Projects Starter Bundle
•Geometry Projects Starter Bundle
•Algebra 2 - Pre-Calculus Projects Starter Bundle
Need an Entire Curriculum?
•21st Century Pre-Algebra –- the Entire Curriculum
•21st Century Algebra –- the Entire Curriculum
For more tips, tricks and ideas check out the Clark Creative Education Blog
And join our community where I post ideas, anecdotes, elaborations & every once in a while I pass out TPT gift cards! And jokes! I do jokes too!
