Study skills & advisory
Menu Math: Order, Total and Change
Students read a café menu, add prices, find change, compare costs, and plan an order within a budget.
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Business & personal finance
Needs, Wants and Savings: Jordan’s Weekly Budget
Students sort a teen’s weekly expenses into needs, wants and savings, add the totals, and decide what to cut.
Career & technical ed.
Project Cost Estimate: Planning a Bookshelf Budget
Students plan the cuts for a bookshelf on paper, compare board-length options, and build a cost estimate with tax from a provided price list.
Social studies
Two Job Offers: Pay, Costs and Opportunity Cost
Students compare two made-up job offers by calculating annual pay, commuting costs, overtime and the value of benefits, and apply the idea of opportunity cost.
Mathematics
Two-Step Inequalities: Solve, Test and Describe
Students solve two-step inequalities, match them to word descriptions, model budget situations and correct sample student work.
Career & technical ed.
Weeknight Dinners on a Budget: Plan and Compare
Students total a five-dinner family plan against a $50 budget, swap one meal to save money, compare unit prices, and calculate a sale discount.
Social studies
Who Fixes It? Local Government and a Town Budget Choice
Students match everyday problems to the part of government that handles them, then make a small town budget choice.
Science
Work, Energy and Power: Roller Coaster Energy Budget
Students calculate work, kinetic energy, potential energy and power, then fill in an energy table for a coaster car to see energy conservation at work.
Communications & media
Yearbook Theme and Spread Planner
Students learn yearbook vocabulary, do a page-count budget for an invented 160-page book, and plan a theme and sketch a spread on paper.
Career & technical ed.
Your First Paycheck: Gross, Net, and a Simple Budget
Students calculate gross pay, a made-up tax withholding, and net pay for a part-time job, then build a weekly savings and spending plan.