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Personal Finance Project Bundle: Career → College Cost → Paycheck → Excel Budget
EDITABLE. A powerful 3-4 week financial literacy sequence that connects career planning to real-world budgeting. Once students complete their career & salary research and calculate their college expenses, they fill out a W4 to identify their tax withholdings. Then, using a paycheck template, they look up federal and state tax tables, enter in pre and post-tax deductions and calculate their net pay. That final number becomes the start of their monthly budget! It’s complex, yet every direction an
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Applied Math, Business, Financial Literacy
Creating a Monthly Personal Budget Project for High School with Excel Template
EDITABLE. Immerse students in the reality of their future expenses! Students research their career salary, calculate net income, and then dive into real-world decision-making: searching for apartments, selecting a car, calculating loan payments, exploring insurance, and interviewing family members about utility costs. Using a digital budget template, students track all expenses while learning about the "Pay Yourself First" budgeting strategy as they set SMART financial goals and build an emerge
9th - 12th
Applied Math, Business, Financial Literacy
Sweet 16 Budgeting Project | Personal Finance | Income Statement & 50/30/20 Acti
Help your high schoolers experience the real math behind a "dream party" - and the trade-offs that come with it.In this engaging 2-day financial literacy project, students plan their dream Sweet 16 birthday party and build a realistic 6-month savings plan to afford it using income from a part-time job. They calculate their gross and net monthly income, track fixed and variable expenses, apply the 50/30/20 budgeting rule, build a personal income statement, and make real trade-off decisions when t
9th - 12th
Applied Math, Business, Financial Literacy
Financial Future Project: Research salary, calculate paycheck & college expenses
EDITABLE. After researching their state-specific, median salary and calculating the educational costs for that career, students use their future salary as the basis for their paystub activity. They will complete a W-4, look at tax tables, learn about FICA and 401K matching…all while calculating their net pay! This resource teaches students how income tax withholding, FICA, insurance deductions, and retirement contributions impact their paycheck – turning gross pay into actual take-home pay. Stu
9th - 12th
Applied Math, Business, Financial Literacy
UAE Project Based Learning Assessment (PBLA) Walkthrough Form (BUNDLE) EDITABLE
UAE PBLA Walkthrough Forms for Leadership (Weeks 1 – 5 Bundle) EDITABLE...Includes all forms that are needed for the duration of the term's PBLA. User-friendly format with all relevant indicators from the PBLA rubrics, making it easier to share feedback with teachers and transfer information into the Ministry's required system.
5th - 12th
Applied Math, General Science, Other (ELA)
Moving Out On Your Own Project – Module 1: Finding a Home
Help your students take their first steps toward independent living with Module 1: Finding a Home from the Moving Out On Your Own Project! In this engaging, real-world activity, students explore what it takes to search for and select an apartment while staying within a budget. They’ll review mock apartment listings, compare rental costs, utilities, and locations, and complete reflection prompts to explain their choices. This lesson is designed to build decision-making, budgeting, and real-li
Not Specific
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Not Subject Specific
Career Salary Exploration, Education Requirement & College Cost Research Project
EDITABLE. Students investigate a career and look at job outlook, median salary by state, essential skills and educational needs. Then, using those education requirements, they explore certificate or full degree programs and calculate tuition, room and board, books & supplies, and more college expenses. They even factor in, in-state vs out-of-state differences. Finally, they research scholarships, on-campus jobs and career-support resources to discover how to make college more affordable. Help y
9th - 12th
Applied Math, Business, Financial Literacy
5th Grade Math Task Cards | Area, Perimeter & Floor Plan Architecture Project
Help your 5th grade students apply real-world math skills with these Architecture and Floor Plan Task Cards! This engaging, low-prep resource combines area, perimeter, measurement, and budgeting with STEM design challenges. Perfect for upper elementary math centers, early finishers, or project-based learning, students will love exploring architecture and interior design while practicing critical thinking and problem-solving. ⭐ What's Included:24 printable task cards in black & whitePowerPoint
4th - 7th
Applied Math, Geometry, Measurement
CCSS, NGSS
5.MD.C.3
, 5.MD.C.3a
, 5.MD.C.3b
+9
Natural Resources "Dream Vacation" Project
A practical, real-life project to culminate a unit regarding natural resources, state and national parks, agritourism or the like! Students will plan a 7-day dream vacation to any location that they choose with a $3,000 budget. By creating a powerpoint review of their trip, students will present you with a detailed travel itinerary including spending costs, research on locations and attractions, restaurants, and hotels that they plan to visit (including state/national parks, monuments and point
10th - 12th
Applied Math
Build Your Own Farm Project
The Build Your Own Farm Project is a great culminating activity for an animal science unit or class. Students are given a budget, and they build the farm of their dreams. This project allows them to take what they have learned about livestock breeds and bring some real life money management in a fun way.
4th - 12th
Applied Math
Math Measurement Project - 3D Vision Board, Hands-on Math, PBL
This is a fantastic hands-on design and measurement project where students get to bring a part of their own lives and passions into the classroom. I created this project for my grade 9 Math class as they had just finished a topic on Algebra and were needing a change from textbook and worksheet tasks. This project would also be suitable for other middle-school classes, and I am planning to use it with my year 10 class next year. ***This is an editable file so you can differentiate it for your o
6th - 10th
Applied Math, Measurement
CCSS
5.G.B.3
, 6.G.A.1
, 6.G.A.2
+5
Math Recipe Project with Fractions
Students find a recipe using the guidelines, double it, half it, find a single serving and then find how much of each ingredient would be needed to feed the whole class. My students were required to make the recipe at home and bring it in on Monday for taste testing.
5th - 8th
Applied Math, Fractions
Let's Get Cooking: Project to Teach Fractions
Introduction Fractions are a large part of baking. Ingredient measurements are often given in quarter cup increments. In fact, small measurements are sometimes given in eighths of a teaspoon. In order to successfully bake, it is important to be able to work with fractions. Recipes will need to improper doubled or halved depending on the quantity that needs to be made. Baking, therefore, requires an understanding of fractions. When you can work effortlessly with fractions you have the skills to
4th - 7th
Applied Math, Math
Ratios and Proportions Recipe Project
This project allows students to apply their knowledge of ratios and proportions to cooking. Can be completed as a project for partner or individual work. Accompanying slides (entitled Ratios and Proportions Recipe Project Slides) are available as a free download. Credit for the recipes is given to their authors as stated on allrecipes.com. File is in a .doc format and is editable.
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Fractions
Personal Finance Project: Welcome to the Real World
This 19-page project addresses the following Lesson Objectives:
• Identify some benefits of working
• Assess personal interests and abilities
• Find career information
• Establish goals (educational, career, social, financial, family)
• Develop plans to achieve goals
• Complete a job application
• Create a resume
• Participate in the Budget Simulation Game
6th - 12th
Applied Math
Mrs Sigmans Project Occupation
This project helps students to use math and technology to explore life in the real world. This is a great assignment for eighth grade students to research different types of careers before they begin high school. Thanks to this project, many of my students have rethought their post-high-school plans. Students soon realize how difficult adult life can be. My classes have come to realize, also, that choosing a career based on money alone will not equal a happy life.
8th - 11th
Applied Math, Family Consumer Sciences
Create Your Own Restaurant Project
This can be a project spread out over a few weeks to give your students something fun to do! It includes writing, designing, research, and more!
3rd - 12th
Applied Math, Creative Writing
Sleepover Showdown (Inequalities) Project Based Learning Activity
Welcome to the Sleepover Showdown! In this exciting lesson, we'll use math to plan the perfect sleepover party. We'll learn about inequalities, how to use them to represent our budget and time constraints, and how to graph them to make informed decisions.
5th - 12th
Algebra, Applied Math, Financial Literacy
Room Project Part 2: Surface Area, Volume, Similar Figures
In this 2nd version of Part 2 of the Room Project, students are applying geometry concepts such as surface area, volume, and similar figures. There is also a slide about special right triangles that I took out when giving it to my class this year. Feel free to use it or delete it. I thought it was a bit too much for my students this year (SY2024). I also kept in a slide about slope from the other Part 2 project. Feel free to delete if it does not apply to you! Students refer to their furniture
9th - 12th
Applied Math, Math
Mystery Number Inequalities Graph and Guess Project Based Learning Activity
"Get ready to become math detectives! Today we'll use inequalities to find hidden numbers and solve mysteries." This was a wonderful way to introduce, assess, and practice graphing inequalities. My sixth-graders love to compete whenever possible, and this project was great competition.
6th - 12th
Algebra, Applied Math, Basic Operations
CCSS
6.EE.B.5
, 6.EE.B.6
Ramp It Up Math Project Based Learning Activity
Get ready to build an amazing ramp! In this exciting hands-on project, we'll use the area of triangles to design and construct the perfect ramp. You'll learn how to measure base and height, calculate areas, and use these measurements to create a ramp that's perfectly sized for your needs. Through this practical application of geometry, you'll see how mathematical concepts come to life in engineering! This project was a blast in my 6th grade class. This would make an excellent review for older gr
6th - 12th
Algebra, Applied Math, Geometry
CCSS
6.G.A.1
Personal Finance - Dream Job/Life Plan Project w/Rubric
Used for Personal Finance and related teachers. This is a singular project with a rubric attached.
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Applied Math, Business
Classroom Floorplan Project
Use of tape measures, calculating scales for drawing sets, dimensioning AutoCAD/SolidWorks
9th - 12th
Applied Math, Measurement
Monthly Budget Project
This project is designed as a cross-curricular activity with careers. Students pick a profession (at random or intentionally) with its approximate average salary to calculate their monthly budget. You can choose to adjust the salaries, professions, or tax brackets to suit your students' skills.
6th - 8th
Applied Math
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