Health & physical ed.
A Week of Screen Time: Read the Log and Do the Math
Students analyze a fictional student’s weekly screen-time log, calculate totals in minutes and hours, and design a balanced plan of their own.
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Career & technical ed.
Ag Math: Field Area, Acres and Crop Yield
Students use area, acre, yield and unit-conversion formulas to solve field and crop problems from a farm business.
Mathematics
Box Plots and Histograms from Data
Students find a five-number summary and outliers from raw data, build a histogram from a frequency table, and read box-plot statistics.
Science
Build the Atom: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons and Isotopes
Students use atomic number and mass number to find particle counts for atoms and ions, then calculate an average atomic mass from isotope data.
Science
Cafeteria Waste Audit: Percent, Recycling and Diversion
Students analyze a sample school cafeteria waste audit, calculating percentages, recycling and diversion rates, and yearly totals, then propose a waste reduction plan.
English language arts
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: A Timed Argument Paragraph
Students read made-up survey results, identify claims, evidence and reasoning, then write a timed argument paragraph about a school break.
Social studies
Climate Zones: Classifying Seven Weather Stations
Students apply simple rules to temperature and rainfall data to classify climate zones and learn how latitude and elevation affect temperature.
Science
Density Detectives: Mass, Volume and Floating
Students use provided mass and volume data to calculate density, predict floating or sinking, and solve density problems.
Mathematics
Exponential Growth, Decay and Logarithms: Lab Data Case Study
Students use a bacteria-growth case study, a half-life problem and compound interest to practice exponential functions, then connect exponents and logarithms.
Career & technical ed.
Farm to Table: Food Supply Chain and Price Math
Students follow a loaf of bread from wheat field to store shelf, calculate how the price grows at each stage and explain why, and weigh local food choices.
Science
Heart and Circulation: Follow the Blood and Do the Math
Students trace the path of blood through the heart and body with a word bank, calculate heart rates and cardiac output from provided data, and answer questions about vessels.
Science
Homeostasis Case Study: Staying in Balance on a Hot Walk
Students read a case study, complete a negative-feedback loop, analyze sample temperature and blood sugar data, and explain homeostasis with an analogy.