God Made Math

Let's face it, December is Exhausting for Teachers! Save yourself some time with this common core aligned, high-interest lesson that focuses on percent discounts and sales-tax calculations. Santa is having a bad day, in walk your students (elves) to help Santa on a last minute shopping trip. This activity will keep students interested with little or no prep time on your part. Students will use a coupon to calculate the discount price of interesting Christmas gifts and then calculate the final pr

Finally, you have a lesson to answer your student’s question, “When am I ever going to use this?” This lesson incorporates two interest-grabbing videos to help students understand the great value in learning math. This lesson also exposes students to many real world applications of math and several careers in the field of math.