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This fun and engaging 3-part financial literacy project allows students to explore the art of travel. Using their assigned budget, they will look into booking flights, finding accommodations, planning activities, and everything else that goes along with planning a trip. Part 3 includes a written reflection for students to recap any challenges they faced and explain the overall the significance of their "dream vacation". This can be as specific, or general, as you like! I like to give my class fr

This is a fun and engaging way for students to review their understanding of part-to-part ratios, part-to-whole ratios, and creating equivalent ratios. It's also a nice reward, as the conclusion of the activity involves candy! This is like the classic Skittles ratio activity, but better! I usually have my students complete this activity in partners. So, each pair is working together with ratios that are most likely different from the pair beside them! Let me know what your students favourite par

This mini-unit was used in my classroom as an introductory provocation for our inquiry unit on How the World Works in the International Baccalaureate program structure.  With a bit of math and science, this is a great activity to get your grade 7 students interested in learning more about how their fashion and clothing choices affect the environment and other important parts of our world. The main science unit here is Pure Substances and Mixtures, and leads into exploring waste and how we dispos

A fun, unpredictable activity for practicing adding and subtracting fractions with your class. All you need is a deck of cards! This is a great way to practice as a whole-class or in small groups. Instructions & examples included. Enjoy!