More than $20 7th Grade Applied Math Centers

No better exercise for children to do to cement all the Math they have learnt thus far! So, be sure to take advantage of this offer, as it could keep them busy for quite a while!

This Real-Life Math bundle contains 29 different tasks, (with complete keys), of where Middle School math gets applied in the real world. It will keep the children fascinated by how all they Math they learn is applicable to the Real World that we live in!

The work will keep your students very engaged since all of it has been tried, tested and refined in my daily classroom over many years. Demonstrate practically to students the answers to the following questions:

• Why do we have to learn this?
• Where is this ever used in real life?

This product can be used for

• groupwork

• discovery exercises

• assessment

• independent study

• a complete home-school Real-Life Math application curriculum for a middle school student.

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Lesson Overview

These projects have students using real-world math skills to learn to perform the calculations that are done in various careers within the seventeen career clusters. They will use math skills to learn how to compute measurements, quantities, profit, etc. to solve problems commonly found in that career field.

Are your students always asking "When will be ever USE this??" This short activity shows students a real-world use for the math skills they learn every day.

These lessons were created for 7th and 8th grade but could also be used successfully in upper elementary grades. Fully editable files are included for all lessons.

The bundle includes eighteen (18) different lessons, all of which are also available separately. They are all fully editable and include the student handout, an answer key, and a formula “cheat sheet” for students to assist with problem solving.

The following lessons are included:

· How Engineers Use Math

· How Architects Use Math

· How Fashion Designers Use Math

· How Math is Used in Agriculture Careers

· How Math is Used in Arts, AV, Technology & Communications Careers

· How Math is Used in Business Careers

· How Math is Used in Education Careers

· How Math is Used in Energy Careers *NEW*

· How Math is Used in Finance Careers

· How Math is Used in Government Careers

· How Math is Used in Health Science Careers

· How Math is Used in Human Services Careers

· How Math is Used in Information Technology Careers

· How Math is Used in Law Careers

· How Math is Used in Hospitality Careers

· How Math is Used in Manufacturing Careers

· How Math is Used in Sales & Marketing Careers

· How Math is Used in Transportation Careers

Materials Required:

· Computers with Internet access for each student (or pair of students)

· Software such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs

· Calculators (optional)

Files included (for each career):

· Teacher & Student Resources

· How This Career Uses Math Activity/Handout

· How This Career Uses Math Activity Answer Key

· Formula “Cheat Sheet” Student Handout

Approximate Lesson Duration:

· 1 (50 minute) class period for each lesson.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

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This enormous STEM clip art bundle is perfect for your math, science, technology and engineering resources. It includes images of science, technology, engineering and math equipment/devices, as well as kids enjoying activities in these subjects. These images will look great in worksheets, classroom posters, flash cards, and whatever else you can think of! The mega bundle has over 600 high-resolution (300 DPI) PNG graphics (includes color and black and white).

This mega bundle contains the following sets:

1. STEM Clip Art – Letters (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)

2. Science Clip Art

3. Science Kids Clip Art – Young Kids

4. Technology Clip Art

5. Technology Kids Clip Art – Young Kids

6. Engineering Clip Art

7. Engineering Kids Clip Art – Young Kids

8. Math Clip Art

9. Math Kids Clip Art – Young Kids

STEM Clip Art Letters

• Fun images for each letter of 'STEM' and one image of the complete word

Science Clip Art:

• clip boards

• test tubes

• pencils

• magnifying glasses

• magnets

• lab goggles

• measuring tools

• thermometers

• light bulbs

• molecules

• experiments

Science Kids Clip Art (boy and girl for each):

• looking through a magnifying glass

• looking through a microscope

• conducting experiments x 2

• reading a science book

• examining rocks

• examining leaves

• holding a clipboard

• examining a plant outside

• giving a presentation on electricity

• pointing to a blank board (add your own text)

• holding a beaker

• using a magnet

Technology Clip Art:

• cameras

• earphones

• mp3 players

• speaker

• game controller

• QR code (not functional)

• Cellphone scanning QR code

• VR goggles

• CD

• Cellphones (blank)

• Cellphone with blank messages

• Cellphone showing ‘1 new message’

• tablets (blank)

• tablet (with apps)

• television showing ‘World News Hour’

• laptop,

• computer

• robot (neutral pose)

• robot with panel showing ‘hello world’

• Assorted gears

Technology Kids Clip Art:

(all with a boy & girl for each unless otherwise indicated or if the image is of hands)

• listening to music with headphones

• dancing and listening to music with mp3 player

• taking a selfie with a cellphone

• looking at phone

• hands messaging on cellphone (two color options)

• cellphone with notification ‘1 message received’

• cellphone with notification ‘1 message received’ and bubble where you can add text

• talking on cellphone

• using VR goggles

• taking a photo with a camera

• holding a tablet

• tablet with hand selecting online lessons from an educational app

• tablet with hand marking off items on a nature hunt

• using a laptop

• using paper cups as phones

• playing catch with robot (boy only)

• dancing to music with robot (girl only)

• girl holding a QR code

• boy holding a blank sign (you can add your own QR code to it)

• scanning a QR code on a cellphone – two versions (only hands)

Engineering Clip Art:

• clipboards (2 options)

• safety goggles (2 options)

• hard hat (2 options)

• safety boots

• wooden balance scale

• pivot lever

• pencils (2 options)

• gears design (3 gears together)

• inclined plane

• ear muffs

• rope and pulley

• wire/rope and pulleys with weight

• blueprint paper (blank)

• blueprint with gears

• blueprint with robot

• mechanical robot diagram on paper

• metal ruler

• wooden ruler

• drafting table

• nails, screws, nuts and bolts (different options)

• valve wheel

• tools in box

• tools separate (hammer, two screwdrivers, spanner)

• wooden boards in different shapes (8 options)

• temperature gauge

• wheels (3 options)

• separate assorted gears as free design elements

Engineering Kids Clip Art:

• engineer with clipboard and plan (boy and girl)

• building with blocks (boy and girl)

• block structure

• lifting weight with pulley (boy and girl)

• engineer with long ruler (boy and girl)

• girl building a structure with marshmallows and straws

• marshmallow and straw structure alone

• girl building a structure with paper towel rolls, toilet rolls and paper

• boy and girl together looking at plan

• boy building a structure with paper towel rolls, toilet rolls, paper plate and paper

• structure made of paper towel rolls, toilet rolls, paper plate and paper alone

• boy with a windmill made of popsicle sticks

• popsicle stick windmill alone

• girl playing with a simple catapult made out of popsicle sticks, elastic bands and a plastic spoon

• catapult made of popsicle sticks, elastic bands and a plastic spoon alone

• pointing to board with design process (boy and girl)

• icons for design process (question marks, light bulb, pencil and paper, spanner, green tick mark)

• drawing on a drafting table (boy and girl)

• boy holding plan for robot

• the robot from the plan

• boy and girl holding blank scroll for you to put your own text on (2 options in color, 1 option B&W)

Math Clip Art:

• Calculator (3 options – different colors, 1 without numbers)

• clock (2 options with numbers & hands, one without hands, one without numbers or hands)

• ruler (2 colors)

• basic shapes (plain 2D, 2D with face, 3D)

• building blocks (2 colors)

• chalkboard (plain and with sums)

• empty 10 frame grid

• separate counters (5 options)

• 10 frame grid with counters on

• manipulative bin with squares

• 3 squares separate

• manipulative bin with green rectangles and squares

• green rectangles and squares separate

• 4 empty manipulative bins (2 with labels, 2 without)

• generic money (8 notes including blank option, 9 coins including blank options)

• linking cubes (4 separate)

• linking cubes stacked

• abacus

• pencil (2 options)

• protractor

• math triangles (2 different)

• compass

• wooden balance scale

• scale (balanced and unbalanced)

• dice (2 sets of 2, different colors, and white dice individually)

• math symbols

• types of graphs (line, picture and bar graph)

Math Kids Clip Art:

• hands using calculator (2 options)

• boy holding a 10 frame grid with counters

• girl holding empty 10 frame grid

• girl playing with linking cubes

• girl weighing apples

• boy weighing blocks

• girl holding clock (showing 3 o’clock)

• boy holding clock (blank)

• boy using abacus

• girl holding sign with math symbols

• boy holding sign with shapes

• girl holding dice

• boy juggling with 3D shapes

• girl pointing to graph

• boy sorting shapes (rectangles and spheres) into bins

• boy doing math problem (with empty thought bubble option)

• girl doing math problem (with empty thought bubble option)

• boy & girl holding chalkboard with sum

• boy & girl holding blank chalkboard

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No better exercise for children to do to cement all the Math they have learnt thus far.

So make sure you take advantage of this incredible resource, as it could keep them busy for quite a while!

These tasks, (with complete keys) help teachers and their students see in a powerful way where and how the math they do gets applied in real life. A sample of the 35 products include:

• Division, prime numbers and Encryption
• Trig and building a lean-to roof.
• Geometric Sequences and Financial investments
• Slope and building the right stairs for old people.
• Statistics and making informed consumer choices.
• Line of best fit and predicting Track world records.
• Logs, Ln, e and Financial investments
• Linear Equations and Optimization (Linear Programming)
• Exponents and Encryption
• Pythagoras and design and gardening

If you enjoyed this resource, please leave a REVIEW at your leisure, for other possible buyers to know how you have experienced it. Thank you so much!

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I love to improve my resources, so any constructive feedback from you will be extremely welcome. 

Enjoy this resource.

https://www.TeachShare.com/Store/Real-life-Mathematics