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Using Percents and Proportions to Teach Electoral College (ANSWERS)
These are the answers to the project posted here. There's an embedded excel file with a sortable table with all the percentages. I typed in lots of tips for extending the project and enriching discussion e.g. per capita calculations, the origins of the electoral college, an article link, etc. Project description:The question that will loom over the course of students' lifetimes: What should we do with the Electoral College? To construct a position on this question, students must objectively
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Fractions
CCSS
6.RP.A.3a
, 7.RP.A.2
, 7.RP.A.2a
 +1
Bell Curve versus Boxplot
Students complete a formative assessment using data from Los Angeles County's Homicides and Gang-Related Homicides for the years 1985 through 2001. Students should know how to determine what data set to choose for each type of graph. Objectives included in the project are:
Create a bell curve and label properly.
Create a boxplot in Excel and label properly.
Determine z-scores for 4 years.
Determine percentages above and below a "test value".
Write a 2 page analysis.
Answer Key (Excel Spreadsh
11th - 12th
Statistics
Microsoft Excel Vacation Budget Project
Looking for ways to increase critical thinking, engagement, and enhance student understanding of Microsoft Excel? This hands-on project consists of 2 parts. This PBL project tasks small groups to research and plan a vacation in an Excel spreadsheet using data organization, table styles, conditional formatting, formulas & functions (division, Sum, Max/Min, absolute cell reference, etc.), and page/print set up. Lesson time is 2 - 4 hours. This is a great activity for courses in busine
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Business, Computer Science - Technology, Financial Literacy
Population dynamic transition stages and survivorship with virtual cemetery data
Students will utilize this Excel Spreadsheet to study survivorship curves and transitional pyramid stages by collecting population data from either virtual cemeteries provided in the interactive or from local cemeteries in order to personalize the data and increase student investment. This resource can be differentiated so that all of the formulas are left in the spreadsheet or may be altered so the students are required to calculate their data and/or make their own charts. This would be a grea
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Biology, Math
Occupational Spreadsheet
This is a Spreadsheet for showing students where their money goes after taxes and bills. The student picks a reasonable career and inputs the gross salary income and can see where their money goes toward. The lesson is great to show percents and talk about taxes. Students really liked the exercise and had fun seeing if their job would provide what they thought it would.
8th
Arithmetic, Numbers
Innovative Job Hiring & Recruiting HR Strategies - Presentation & Jigsaw
Student-centered activity has students select from a list of innovative job hiring and recruiting strategies that HR (human resources) managers use. Students will create a short presentation about that strategy. Finally, students use the jigsaw method to teach the rest of the class about their strategy. Why This Resource Works?I've found that students love to learn out of the box ways HR managers recruit people. By following the jig-saw method students have increased buy-in when they teach and
9th - 12th
Business, Economics , Financial Literacy
Household Budget Spreadsheet- Editable: High School Financial Literacy Excel
Are you looking for a household budget spreadsheet that students can use to practice high school financial literacy and life skills? This editable Excel spreadsheet is a simple and easy household budget with the formulas included and locked so your students can use it again and again to make realistic budgets without having to calculate. This could be used in a variety of high school classes in 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grades: family and consumer sciencescareer and personal planninglife ski
9th - 12th
Applied Math, Family Consumer Sciences, Financial Literacy
CCSS
6.RP.A.3c
, 7.RP.A.3
, MP2
 +3
Also included in:Â Budget Bundle: High School Financial Literacy & Budgeting 9th 10th 11th 12th
Christmas Holiday Math Activities - Multiplication and Word Problems
Celebrate learning and the holidays with this Project Based Learning unit. Your students will love helping Mrs. Claus plan a Christmas dinner and calculate how many batches of cookies to bake for Santa's helpers. In addition to solving word problems, students will be graphing, doubling, tripling recipes, reading charts, writing, and working with spreadsheets. This student-centered PBL unit incorporates collaboration and differentiation by giving student choice. This challenge requires student
3rd - 6th
Computer Science - Technology, Other (Math)
Linear Equations Math & STEM Graphing Grass Project
This editable graphing linear equations project has students measuring, collecting data, creating scatter plots, analyzing correlation, interpolating, extrapolating, finding slope and building line of fit equations as they grow and care for their cups of grass. Piecewise functions can also be built in if students give their grass a haircut! Students will run into your room and over to their grass cups, excited to collect the day's data. Without knowing it, they naturally learn key topics of alg
8th - 10th
Algebra, Graphing
CCSS
8.F.B.4
, 8.F.B.5
, HSA-REI.D.10
 +2
Also included in:Â Linear Equations Activities Bundle Algebra 1
Halloween Project Based Learning - Plan a Halloween Party - Math and Writing
Plan a Halloween Party with your class for a fun seasonal Project Based Learning unit. They can create a guest list, design an invitation, select foods, decorations, and more. This PBL Halloween Party Planning unit contains writing, graphing, math problems, a webhunt, and spreadsheets. This PBL unit incorporates 21st Century skills with challenging, engaging, and creative activities. There are lots of opportunities for differentiation and technology integration.IN THIS UNIT:Choose a theme for
3rd - 5th
English Language Arts, Math
Also included in:Â PROJECT BASED LEARNING 10 Unit Bundle #2 MATH AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Budget Spreadsheet Google Sheets Activity | Career & Math (Personal Finance)
A step-by-step project with detailed instructions on how to set up an Excel spreadsheet budget. Students will apply math skills in context of a real-life budgeting situation. Classes to use this project include: math classes, personal finance, financial literacy, and/or career education. Students will create a budget:They will incorporate their future career choice. Students will work independently by following the instructions using an Google Sheets / Excel Spreadsheet.Over the course of at l
7th - 12th
Algebra, Basic Operations
CCSS
6.RP.A.3c
, HSA-SSE.A.1
, HSF-LE.A.1b
Halloween Computer Activities-Budgeting a Halloween Party-Google-Office
Budgeting a Halloween Costume Party Learning Life Skills with Computer Applications - Kids love Halloween and parties. This 2-class period project teaches math and life skills using computer applications. Projects use Word, Google Docs, Publisher, Excel, Google Sheets and/or Canva.com. The directions are general so students can complete the assignments in any of the listed programs. Students will plan and budget EVERYTHING for their Halloween Costume Party from the guest list, invitation, activi
7th - 12th
Computer Science - Technology, Math
CCSS
MP5
Coordinate Geometry Project (Slope, Midpoint, Distance, Quadrilaterals)
This was half the project I use for my coordinate geometry chapter. (The other half comes from my textbook and is a coordinate proof).
Students are given 4 unique coordinates and asked to plot, find distance, slope, midpoint, analyze data to determine which quadrilateral they have.
What makes this different from similar products: each student receives their own coordinates (up to a class of 30 students). This allows students to work together without tempting them to copy. Included is an
9th - 12th
Algebra, Geometry, Math
Personal Budget Spreadsheet
This is a personal budget spreadsheet that I created which completes automatically calculations. I use it for my Senior Economics course, but it could easily be adapted for all grade levels and classes (life skills, mathematics, etc.).
I have students search and select a job listing in the career field they wish to pursue. With the spreadsheet, they must breakdown how much they will make each month after taxes and figure out their budget expenses first for a month and then for a year. I have 37
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Economics , Math
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