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Subject
Area: Math
Grade
Level: 6th and 7th
Overview:
Most middle school students are
looking forward to high school and driving a car. Most
imagine themselves driving into the high school parking
lot in a Lamborghini or Hum-Vee. Students will actually
select their Dream Car on the internet and calculate
sticker price, tax, discount, and finally finance costs
from a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet graphs and charts
will then be used in a class Hyperstudio presentation
to show all of the other classmates their dream car.
This Hyperstudio “car lot” will then be used
to summarize what factors can be changed to affect the
affordability of the monthly payment.
Standards:
From the Math Content Standards
students will: a) add, subtract, multiply, and divide
decimals, b) demonstrate proficiency using a calculator,
c) use percents to multiply and divide, d) solve problems
involving discounts and interest.
6th Grade - 1.4, 3.1, 3.3
7th Grade - 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 1.7, 3.1, 3.3
From
the our district Computer Curriculum Standards students
will: a) use the internet for research, b) use spreadsheets
with formulas to calculate, c) use spreadsheets to produce
charts and graphs, and d) use presentation tool to produce
a review.
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