Real world math activities

If your students aren’t excited about STEM, the problem might be a lack of exposure to real-world challenges. Real-world problem solving should be at the core of any STEM education program. It increases student buy-in as students realize that their work has an impact that extends beyond the classro

There are lots of great scenes from books and movies that can be used to launch math activities. Today, I'm going to focus on a few of my favorite ones from over the years. Probably my favorite all time movie connection actually comes from the special features of the first Lord of the Rings movies. There is an awesome documentary where they talk about how they use forced perspective to make Frodo look shorter than Gandalf. The clip shows how they use the actors' distance from the cameras as…

This middle school math lesson is an engaging, real-life application activity for ratios and proportions. This is a great, hands-on way to help students understand how ratios and proportions can be applied to the real world and give them practice creating and solving proportions.

You can try this simple activity with your third grader to get him thinking about the real world math you use everyday.

Make math engaging by using real life math projects for middle school. Here are 7 real-world math activities for tweens. Fun and easy to do.

Download this free 4th grade math project that will engage your students and provide meaning around standards-based math skills. This Math City project includes activities for place value, operations and algebraic thinking, fractions, measurement, and geometry skills. Use this real world math project to teach students how math is used in the real world and to build problem solving skills. This activity includes a differentiation option and an activity for early finishers. Grab your free…

Upper elementary math projects provide real-world connections, differentiation, collaborative learning, and cross curricular learning too.

Help your students improve math skills with real-world activities. Let students calculate orders, estimate, use a spreadsheet, and more. They'll learn so much!

Want to keep your Algebra 1 students engaged? This collection of free printable Algebra 1 activities will help you map out an entire year of fun lesson plans!