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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Science
Balancing Chemical Equations: Count, Adjust, Check
Students balance eight chemical equations by changing coefficients only, count atoms in a table, and judge sample balancing attempts.
Social studies
Bill of Rights Scenarios: Which Right Is at Stake?
Students read about five Bill of Rights amendments, match seven made-up scenarios to the right involved, and discuss why rights have limits.
Business & personal finance
Checking Account Register: Keep the Balance Straight
Students fill in a running balance in a check register, reconcile it with a bank statement, and work out an overdraft fee and savings interest.
Social studies
Checks and Balances: Who Can Stop Whom?
Students match everyday-style scenarios to checks and balances, answer reasoning questions, and design a check of their own.
Arts
Composition Case Files: Balance, Focal Point and Flow
Students decode five short descriptions of imaginary artworks to name the design principles, then sketch two thumbnail compositions and critique an example.
Business & personal finance
Credit Scores and Credit Card Interest
Students match credit score factors, calculate credit utilization, and track a credit card balance for three months at a made-up 24% APR.
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.
Mathematics
Integers on the Number Line: Temperatures, Depths and Balances
Students order integers, find absolute value, and add and subtract integers in temperature, depth and money situations.
Science
Stoichiometry Basics: Using Mole Ratios from Balanced Equations
Students read mole ratios from balanced equations and use them to solve mole-to-mole, gram-to-gram, limiting reactant and percent yield problems.