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Concert Apparel

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

In this challenge students create some ideas about which products their concert apparel business will sell. Using the poll tool students will explore how percents apply to their classmates responses.

Food Frenzy and Errors

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

In this challenge, students will make predictions about which potential main dishes would be most popular in their school’s cafeteria and use the polling tool to test their prediction. Students then use proportions to predict the number of students in their school who will choose each dish. Finally, students will recommend using their data and analysis which dish should be served in the cafeteria.

Price for Kicks

7.EE.B.4a, 7.EE.B.4b, 7.RP.A.3

Expressions & Equations, Ratios & Proportional Relationships

In this challenge, students will develop a new shoe idea for Nike, justify prices for sales and costs, project a range of sales and profits and then simulate how their shoe idea works in the market.

Price for Kicks: Getting Traction Extension Challenge

Expressions & Equations

Students visually interpret a different slopes in a piecewise linear graph to their real world meaning as additional sales, and conduct data analysis on two different data series. This challenge is intended to build on the sale of a new, innovative Nike product established in the Price For Kicks challenge, as an alternative to a short mini challenge.

Design The Basketball Court

8.EE.A.1, 8.EE.A.2, 8.NS.A.1, 8.NS.A.2

Expressions & Equations, The Number System

You've opened a new sports arena, and as a court designer you need to map out the new basketball court! Choose court dimensions, colours and accessories.

Which famous company should I buy shares in?

8.EE.A.3, 8.EE.A.4

Expressions & Equations

Decide what company you should buy, and become an investor and owner of your favorite brand!

Expressions & Equations

You've been offered a job by 3 different tech companies, Google, Apple and Facebook. Which one will you choose? Use your salary for each to determine the highest paying one!

Best Gym Membership for your Business

Expressions & Equations

As the owner of a computer software company, you want to attract and keep the best staff. You offer excellent salaries and also benefits, like a gym membership. Shop for the best deals on gym memberships for your wonderful staff.

You've been Cheated!

Expressions & Equations

Your supplier has not been keeping track of your money correctly, you've been cheated!! Use pieces of information (and math!) to piece together the prices of items for your restaurant business to find out how much $ you are missing!

Shoke Shock: How much can you make?

8.F.A.1, 8.F.A.2, 8.F.A.3

You're the owner, of Shoke Shock, a trendy restaurant that sells hamburgers, fries and shakes! Track sales for your menu items to see how much you've made, and what items are earning you the most $ then decide which food items to expand on your menu.

8.EE.A.4, 8.EE.B.5

Expressions & Equations

Your new hip hop dance studio is the most popular place in town! You need to hire fitness instructors, an accountant, a lawyer and a DJ. You'll need to compare different proposals to hire for each position, and to try to keep costs low-low-low-low.

Eye-catching Advertising

8.G.A.1, 8.G.A.3

You design and create famous images for companies, artists and websites to use in their advertisements. In this challenge, you'll be asked to use geometry to make eye-catching, engaging images.

Magazine Cover Model!

8.G.A.2, 8.G.A.4

You create magazine advertisements for skin care products. You will first analyze the designs of other advertisements and then describe or design your own. This project will get mathy when you use shapes, both similar and congruent.

Design Baseball Stadium

8.G.B.7, 8.G.B.8

You've been hired as an architect to design a new baseball field and stadium. The location of field has already been decided so use geometry to best develop space for this field.

Healthy Fast Food App

8.SP.A.1, 8.SP.A.2, 8.SP.A.3

Statistics & Probability

You are creating a healthy eating app! The goal is to help customers who like eating at fast food restaurants find healthier food choices. You'll explore calories and fat for fast food places, and use this data to predict calories and fat for healthier food.

Extreme Adventure Park

Expressions & Equations

You've just bought a new extreme adventure park! You will need to determine how zip lines for this complex will fit in with the mountains and terrain. Then also analyze the construction of skateboard ramps.

Creating a Cupcake Business

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

In this lesson, students will create their own cupcake company and learn key aspects of building a business like this. To complete this task students will write equations that describe proportional relationships. Students will create their own company, present their company to their class and then the whole class will vote on the best cupcake business!

6.RP.A.1, 6.RP.A.2, 6.RP.A.3

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

You're on the move: making $$ and walking furry-four legged friends. You'll set a financial goal and determine how many puppies and their pals you need to walk to reach that goal.

6.NS.B.3, 6.NS.B.4

The Number System

Whether it's a sweet 16 party, the release of a new album or a wedding, you are Hollywood's #1 party planner. You must cater to the needs of famous celebrities to make their party dreams come true.

Make Your Own Sundae Bar

The Number System

This summer, you've bought a make your own sundae bar! You'll calculate costs of ice cream, delicious toppings and supplies to determine a profit.

6.NS.C.5, 6.NS.C.6

The Number System

You're setting up a pop up beach shop which sells towels, surfboards, chairs and any other beach supplies you can imagine. Sales go up and down based on the weather - so be ready to sink or swim with this new business!

Packaging Sporting Goods

6.EE.A.2c, 6.G.A.2

Expressions & Equations, Geometry

As a small business owner, you sell and ship specialized sporting goods all over the world. A main part of your cost is shipping and it's expensive!! We'll use math to lower costs by packaging more effectively! However do not forget the importance of design.

Bracelet/Band Business

6.EE.A.2, 6.EE.A.3, 6.EE.A.4

Expressions & Equations

In your bracelet business, you create specially made brands for your customers. In this challenge, you'll create and design special patterned bands for clients using a basic design.

Beyonce's Sound System

6.EE.B.5, 6.EE.B.6, 6.EE.B.7

Expressions & Equations

You are a freelancer who sets-up electricity for concerts and plays. Beyonce is coming to town and needs your help to set-up her performance and run all her electrical equipment. Let's get powered up!

Fundraising and Prizes

Expressions & Equations

You're raising money to support a wildlife sanctuary (a safe place) for elephants. Every time someone donates money, they receive a prize. The larger the donation, the better the prize! Help to determine who gets what prize.

Designing Reusable Bags

Expressions & Equations

In California and Norway, you must pay to use plastic bags at the grocery store. Why? These bags are bad for the environment! You will design reusable bags to help the environment and help customers.

Recruiting Athletes

6.SP.A.1, 6.SP.A.2

Statistics & Probability

As a sports team manager you will use data to determine which players you should choose for your team!

Create a Flight App

6.SP.B.4, 6.SP.B.5

Statistics & Probability

The price of flights can change each and every day. How are we be able to know if we get a good deal? Create an app that will help people know by creating a poll and analyze your data to suggest the best price for your population.

Hike Mount Everest

6.NS.C.7, 6.NS.C.8

The Number System

To be a professional mountain climber, you need to know how changes in elevation affect your personal health. You will draw and describe the differing elevation changes made while hiking to the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world!

Selling Hawaiian Punch

7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.2

The Number System

Create and sell your own Hawaiian punch to make as much $$ as you can!

Cupcake Company

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

You own your own cupcake business, mmm delicious! Find out how to make and sell your sweets.

You Win the Lottery!

The Number System

AHHH!! You have won the lottery, now let's figure out how to spend your earnings.

Real Estate Expert

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

You are a home sales expert in this challenge! Poll your peers and look for an amazing, extravagant place to live and learn how much $ you'll make as a real estate agent.

Steph Curry's Agent

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

Help Steph Curry decide which contract to pick by reviewing multiple contract offers.

A Trip Around the World

7.EE.B.4, 7.RP.A.2

Expressions & Equations, Ratios & Proportional Relationships

It's your chance to build a vacation of your dreams and market this to others, time to set sail!

Launch Your Own Gym

7.EE.B.4, 7.SP.A.2

Expressions & Equations, Statistics & Probability

You just launched a new gym, where people can work-out and take fitness classes. You will need to set a price for gym memberships and pay your employees, can you make it work?

Create a Bouncy Bounce

Design your own bouncy bounce and then decide how much to sell your product for.

Solar Panel Exploration

7.G.B.6, 7.RP.A.1

Geometry, Ratios & Proportional Relationships

Can you provide enough renewable energy for your school?

Launch a Bike & Skateboard Video App

7.SP.A.1, 7.SP.A.2

Statistics & Probability

Create and launch an app for bikers, skateboarders and skiers where they can share videos of their skills and tricks. You'll poll your peers to find out which features of the app appeal to your population.

Add features to your favourite app

Statistics & Probability

What design feature would you like to add to your favorite app? Test which of your ideas gets the most positive response and see if it creates value to the product!

Sports Stats to Predict

7.SP.C.5, 7.SP.C.6

Statistics & Probability

Let's predict how and when sports players will make a game winning shot or hit a homerun! As a statistician, you'll use data to predict sporting events and determine if a player had a good or bad game.

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