7th Grade Applied Math Projects

Do your students ever wonder when they will use their math in their real life? Well this project is for you! Party Planning is a project based math activity with real life scenarios. Students will use their knowledge of the 6th grade math core and prior math concepts to plan their own party. Some of the skills used in this activity are least common multiple, greatest common factor, percentages, unit fractions, multiplication, and more. Check out the preview to see more.

This project is perfect for the end of 6th grade for the students to put into practice what they learned all year in math. Party Planning has an array of different math exercises. It seamlessly integrates the 6th grade math curriculum with real-world scenarios, fostering a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts while igniting creativity. It could also be a great activity for the beginning of 7th grade math to refresh their memory of the skills they learned and will grow upon that year.

Join the Party Planning committee and:

• Use area to choose a venue
• Budget for the party food & buy the correct serving sizes based off their party size utilizing multiplication of decimals
• Practice unit price and percentages to calculate decorations for the party
• Apply their knowledge of greatest common factor and least common multiples to pick party favors for the guests
• Use absolute values to read and compare party game scores
• Interpret data and create their own box & whisker plots using mean, median, mode, quartiles, and extremes
• An optional final project with rubric presenting their party data to the principal

What exactly do you get?

• A brief instruction for the teacher to understand the project.
• A brief instruction for the student to understand their task
• A venue page
• Menu & budgeting (differentiated for your students needs)
• Party Decorations, Party Games, Party Favors, and Data Math Pages
• Rubric for Student to Create a presentation of their findings
• Answer keys for math pages

This project can be tailored to your student. You can give each student a different number of class size or you can have two students work together to find their answers. There are a lot of possibilities with this project and I hope you can find what works for you. This project includes 35 pages with answer keys. 26 of those pages are the project pages.

With this engaging activity & real world relevance, Party Planning turns your class into an immersive adventure where students get to become party planners and mathematicians.

What has been said about this product?

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐From Melissa Ball saying, "I used it this year as a year end review and liked it much better than just boring review like I did the year before. My students loved seeing the real world application of the math we had learned all year."

If you enjoyed this project, take a look at some other project based learning activities from my store:

• Cotton Candy Math Stand
• Place Value Boulevard - For Younger Classrooms

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This product is a 10 day project based learning experience focused on addition, subtraction, real-world problem solving, and word problems. This is a great way to help your students get to know each other better by working in small groups and give them the opportunity to practice using their skills with real world applications.

This unit includes:

• 10 day Unit Plan for instructor
• Instructors manual outlining the activities for each day
• Student Workbook
• PowerPoint Presentation to accompany daily lessons
• PowerPoint Game to review learning at end of unit

This project is a great way to give students the opportunity to work together and practice skills students will use in the real world, such as creating a list, using simple mental math, and creating a budget!

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NO PREP REQUIRED!! This activity is ready to download and give to your students.

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Sketchup (a free CAD drawing program) is a great way for students to practice math skills and learn skills for STEM careers. This short activity lets them practice frequently used skills such as creating cones and spheres and includes instruction links to assist them. This lesson can be used in technology, engineering, math, CTE or art classes and is also an easy lesson to leave on a day when you need to have a substitute teacher.

The lesson was created for 7th and 8th grade students who had a basic knowledge of the program. However, this lesson could be used successfully with beginning Sketchup students by incorporating the beginning tutorials (provided as Internet links) prior to doing the actual assignment.

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.

Includes:

* Teacher & Student Resources (including tutorials)

* Student instructions, project expectations, and grading rubric.

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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.

This project has students finding area, square footage, perimeter, etc. of a house design as they solve problems to decorate the home.

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.

Lesson Includes:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• How Architects Use Math Activity/Handout

• How Architects Use Math Activity Answer Key

• Math Formula “Cheat Sheet”

This lesson was designed for 7th and 8th graders, but would also be appropriate for upper elementary grades. Includes fully editable files.

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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.

This project has students using math skills to learn about the ways in which Fashion Designers use math on their job. They will use basic math and simple algebra to solve problems facing designers. Includes fully editable files.

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.

Files included:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• How Fashion Designers Use Math Activity/Handout

• How Fashion Designers Use Math Activity Answer Key

• Math Formula "Cheat Sheet" for Students

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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.

This project has students using math skills to learn about scale the way engineers use math. They will use formulas (included) to learn ratio and scale of drawings in this activity. Includes fully editable files.

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.

Files Included:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• How Engineers Use Math Activity/Handout

• How Engineers Use Math Activity Answer Key

• Math Formula “Cheat Sheet”

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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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