Keep track of the counter at you favorite site for several months. This is a 3 part lesson utilizing census data of the mean income of workers 18 years and older by education attainment levels. The data is also broken into gender and 3 ethnic groups - white, black, and Hispanic. Students will analyze census data to create graphs and take part in a simulation using this same data as a starting point to make financial decisions and budgets. Some familiarity with line and bar graphs is helpful.
Credit cards seem like a great way to pay for things.
It only takes a small payment each month to buy whatever your heart desires. You and your classmates will create crossword puzzles that use the definitions of math terms you use as clues. The terms will be the answers which go into the puzzle. The Noon Project is an annual Internet event for schools to team up and make their own measurements. Using the reported 1995 shadow measurements, you can perform the calculations to determine the diameter of the Earth.