Sara+Moore+-+Scavenger+Hunts

These links take you to a specific lesson plan that could be used in class.
 * Lesson Plan – Specific Activity **


 * **Check It Out**
 * http://www.mathcantakeyouplaces.org/pdf/checkitout.pdf
 * This is a great lesson that not only applies the real-world skills of budgeting money and balancing a checkbook, it gives students the opportunity to work within and certain budget using positive and negative numbers. By practicing the skill in a game, using real-world skills, I think they will understand the concept better as losing money, instead of just having a negative sign in front of the number. Additionally, this activity reinforces multiplication and division.


 * **Automobile Mileage: Year vs. Mileage**
 * http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L391
 * In this lesson, students gather, analyze and graphically represent data in order to better understand slope and y-intercept. By doing this lesson, students are able to apply their knowledge of slope and y-intercept to real-world concepts. This is a major concept students are expected to know.


 * **The Bill of Rights**
 * http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/billofrights/
 * Students are required to search the internet on past landmark Supreme Court cases and be able to analyze, interpret and summarize their research findings. It is a great tool to get students researching and analyzing sources online. Additionally, being able to summarize is an excellent real-world skill to have.


 * **Car Costs and Spreadsheet Formulas**
 * http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/2293.html
 * This lesson requires students to create a spreadsheet to budget their money for a car. They first need to research the costs of buying the car in order to accurately budget their money.


 * **Crashed on the Moon**
 * http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Space_Sciences/SPA0005.html
 * This lesson is designed to allow students to see the differences between the environments of the earth and moon. Students are asked to determine what survival equipment they might need to survive on the moon. This leads them into a discussion on the differences between the moon and earth’s environments.