Challenge your class with this fun and engaging engineering design project. The goal, to create a brand new cereal complete with a list of ingredients, a name and logo, and a box to hold it in. Starting with a survey to determine the...

Make sure the next product is a hit. An engaging task has scholars design an item to sell at a sports event and then conduct a marketing survey. They decide whether to use random sampling, stratified sampling, or cluster sampling, and...

Students explore animal slaughter by researching the Wisconsin beef industry. In this meat statistics instructional activity, students practice using different math functions to identify how many burgers or sports equipment can be made...

High schoolers explore how marketers use the idea of "cool" to sell clothing and accessories, and become aware of their own attitudes and perceptions about what is cool. They become aware of what motivates them to buy certain things

Learn how to investigate matrix multiplication.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, high schoolers examine matrix multiplication in the context of a Homes-Rahe stress test which is similar to the process used to score figure...

When choosing items probability can sometimes play a key role. Your mathematicians will explore this probability and how to calculate the values based on the scenario they have. Use this worksheet along with the additional resources...

Young scholars explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students develop an understanding of probability by pulling marbles out of a bag and recording the data. Young scholars use the recording sheet to discuss the...

In this probability and statistics worksheet, students determine when a survey or collected data could be biased.  The one page worksheet contains a combination of three multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are...

Students develop strategies to find equivalent decimals. For this equivalent decimals lesson, students participate in a variety of decimal games to find equivalent decimals.

Students complete an on line, teacher created, webquest to study the origin of probability, theoretical and simulated probability; computing the probability of two independent events; and mutually exclusive events. They make a Venn...

Seventh graders practice using pattern blocks. In this pre-algebra lesson, 7th graders complete tasks that require them to compare fractions, make fractions equivalent, and add fractions.

Students locate and compare the costs and options available of three comparable compact, midsize, or luxury automobiles. They utilize websites and a worksheet imbedded in this plan.