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Real World Math! Plan a Thanksgiving Meal

In this one-day class, students will have fun applying a variety of math skills, reasoning and logic to plan a Thanksgiving meal.
Kelly Cottrell
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(172)
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What's included

1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hours
Assessment
The learner is assessed informally as we work through the problems.

Class Experience

US Grade 4 - 7
In this class students will apply their math skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions and decimals to plan a Thanksgiving meal. Students will shop for food where they will calculate costs of food, how much food they need based on weight and pay for the food applying percentage formulas to calculate sales tax and discounts. Next, students will use real world calculations to transport the food home by applying formulas for area, speed and force. Once the food is home, students will use math skills to convert real Thanksgiving recipes and calculate cooking times for the various dishes being served. The final activity for this class will challenge the students to use logic to determine where everyone sat at the dinner table and what pie they ate by using a variety of clues. The student should have experience adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals and fractions, but does not need to be proficient in the skill as we will work through the problems together.  The class will be interactive as the students will be engaged in solving the problems.
Learning Goals
Students will learn to apply math skills to accomplish a task of planning a Thanksgiving meal.
learning goal

Other Details

Supply List
PDF Documents of the problems will be provided.
A working calculator is needed.
 1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined June, 2022
5.0
172reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in Science
I am a licensed teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching math.

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$15

per class
Meets once
45 min

Completed by 15 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-13
1-6 learners per class

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