Source: Affluenza

Examine credit card applications to discover the actual cost of credit. Calculate interest and fee charges on credit card debt and determine which of two lending agencies offers the best deal for credit customers.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Economics.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Mathline

Investigate recursive equations, and use a calculator for exploring a population model. Determine a general rule to describe what happens to a fish population from one year to the next, and translate it into a NOW-NEXT equation.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Ecology.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Mathline

Use mathematical models to locate patterns, and explore the impact humans have on the environment by building models to help us predict how the size of a population will change over time. Use M&Ms to represent fish and population decay.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Data Analysis/Probability. Functions and Algebra. Ecology.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Media Literacy

Explore mathematics through media by graphing data and examining the economic advantages of advertising. Identify examples of hidden syllogisms in ads and calculate the ratio of advertisements to content in the news media.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Reading & Language Arts

Topics: Data Analysis/Probability. Functions and Algebra. Media Studies.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Livelyhood

Research time management skills needed by night shift workers, and create a schedule of one worker's typical day. Gather, analyze and graph the number of hours Americans lose in necessary sleep per year.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Data Analysis/Probability. Functions and Algebra. Careers.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Livelyhood

Describe how living wages change with the economics of a community and how mandated living wages affect local businesses. Estimate the costs and benefits to a region of establishing a publicly owned sports team.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Careers. Economics.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Livelyhood

Compare fair trade and open market prices to determine profit earned by various producers, and predict the effect on consumers' buying habits. Calculate hourly wages of workers in third-world countries and the U.S. and chart the difference.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Careers. Economics.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: PBS 45 & 49: 108 Stitches

Explore ways to use a graphing calculator to compare data. Discover how to determine how much time a baseball runner needs to reach first base safely.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math

Topics: Functions and Algebra.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Livelyhood

Gather and graph data to compare career goals of teenagers across the country, and create a pie graph to display different jobs held by a worker in a lifetime. Calculate the effects on hourly wages in businesses that convert to the 30/40 plan.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Data Analysis/Probability. Functions and Algebra. Careers.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: PBS 45 & 49: 108 Stitches

Discover how to use a calculator to graph the projectile motion of a baseball.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Functions and Algebra. Motion & Forces.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: PBS 45 & 49: 108 Stitches

Discover how physicists calculate the force of impact. Use a graphing calculator to find the maximum of a function and the area under a curve.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Functions and Algebra. Motion & Forces.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: PBS 45 & 49: 108 Stitches

Discover how to use a graphing calculator to calculate the speed of a ball.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Functions and Algebra. Motion & Forces.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Livelyhood

Compare the cost of employees' wages with their output to determine if the 30/40 plan will increase profits for an industry. Analyze the results based on employee productivity, and explain how workers' satisfaction affects the bottom line.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Careers. Economics.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Mathline

Use and create scatterplots based on information from a table, and compare and contrast annual rainfall in various places around the world.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Data Analysis/Probability. Functions and Algebra. Meteorology.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Mathline

Convert measures of temperature between the three different scales - Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin. Explain the history and uses of each.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Chemistry. Meteorology.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Mathline

Explore the effect of the combination of temperature and wind speed on human comfort. Use a formula to compute the Fahrenheit wind chill for a specific wind speed on a specific temperature.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Subjects: Math, Science & Tech

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Meteorology.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project

Source: Livelyhood

Research, analyze and graph typical rates of pay for jobs in the U.S. and compare them to the living wage. Calculate one worker's total amount of time devoted to work, and explore the current trend toward decreased standards of livings.

Grade Level: 9-12

Subjects: Math, Social Studies

Topics: Applied Mathematics. Functions and Algebra. Careers. Economics.

Resource Type: Offline Activity/Project