For kids, taking a vacation is all fun and games, but after completing this pre-algebra project, they'll have a whole new appreciation for the planning that makes these trips possible. Given a budget of $5,000 to spend on purchasing the...

Challenge scholars to plan a vacation with a $5,000 budget. Learners review costs of transportation, meals, and entertainment while considering the number of people and destination. Worksheets provide information and...

Remember all those credit card tables lined up on your college campus? So alluring and dangerous, if you don't know what you're doing. Prepare your pre-college attendees for life by offering a lesson on credit management. They discuss...

Students generate plans for a fictitious road trip.  In this time management lesson, students investigate the most effective way to travel the country arriving at specific cities.  Students create their plans based on time and...

Are we there yet?  Young trip planners learn about their state and plan a trip. They will select sites to see in three cities in their state, and record associated costs in a spreadsheet. While this was originally designed as a...

Public transportation is an important aspect of any growing city. Collaborative groups work to redesign a system for a city in need of restructuring. Young scholars design a route, create a timetable, and incorporate a quality control...

An activity packet explores the concept of time. First, scholars read two stories—The Very Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle and Telling Time: How to Tell Time on Digital and Analog Clocks! by Jules Older, illustrated by Megan Halsey....

Learners role play being an international travel agent that is planning a trip for a client. The teacher gives specific details associated with the trip. They choose the destination and work out some of the other details. Students...

Fifth graders research and plan an imaginary vacation. In this travel planning lesson, 5th graders work in pairs to use an atlas, calendar, review airplane schedules, encyclopedias, magazines, and the Internet to research information...

In this vacation planning worksheet, students plan a vacation.  They determine the approximate cost of their vacation.  Students complete an itenrary and  graphic organizer to identify daily costs of the vacation. ...

Fourth graders reserach the state of Missouri. In this Missouri History instructional activity, 4th graders plan a vacation to a region of Missouri. Students work in collaborative groups to determine all aspects of the trip....

Practice with unit rates, proportions, and ratios when Carlos purchases an amount of bananas. Learners must interpret a graph to decide whether points on the same line represent similar proportional relationships. Use with lesson plans...

Sixth graders experience and practice real-world geography, science and math as they imagine planning out the ultimate road trip. They set goals and maintain a daily budget as they are given a set of rules as they plan their road trip...

Seventh graders play "What's my Rule" beginning with simple equations and working towards harder problems as student's gain confidence. They evaluate the equations by graphing them. Students identify the slope and y intercepts of the...

Students use research skills to solve a problem. They research information needed to plan a vacation. Students create a letter, a flyer, an itinerary, an activity list, cost spreadsheet, a reference page, table of contents and a title page.

Seventh graders explore the Eastern Hemisphere. They investigate the customs, currency, climate, location and other facts needed in order to travel to a specific country. Students receive a stamp on their "passport" when their research...

Young scholars are given a visual demonstration of the Coriolis Force in the Northern Hemisphere. They are encouraged to find locations around the globe and try to predict what the weather circulation patterns might be like.

Discover the nutritional wonders of apples and get to know Johnny Appleseed with a plethora of learning experiences that cover subjects math, history, English language arts, health, and arts and crafts. Activities include an apple...

How has the concept of race changed over time? Explore the genetic, cultural, and social aspects of race through a series of impactful activities. Scholars discover how race is influenced by inherited traits, examine census records to...

Pupils watch video segments on shapes and patterns. They create their own pattern within shapes.

Eighth graders explore the truck driving profession and ways they use to communicate. In this truck driving lesson, 8th graders visit websites and use Twitter and podcasts to track a trucker's progress travelling through the United...

Learners discover how to use maps and why they are important when using a map. They calculate distance using a map scale and time using travel speed and a map scale.

Students calculate the speed and length of parts of the robot. For this algebra lesson, students measure the length of robots legs. They calculate the time it takes the robot to travel a specific distance.