Projects & Competitions

Discover hands-on projects and exciting competitions that make math come alive through real-world applications and collaborative problem-solving.

Snack Stand Challenge
Grade 8, 9Paired Learning Competition
Snack Stand Challenge
60 Activities
Paired Learning

Run as a classroom competition, the Snack Stand Lab lets students manage a snack stand for a 2-hour school event. They learn demand, pricing, revenue, and profit by creating demand curves, adjusting prices based on weather, and analyzing sales to hit a $150 profit goal.

8.SP.A.3, 8.SP.A.2
Random SamplesScatter PlotBivariate Data Analysis
Snack Stand Challenge

Run as a classroom competition, the Snack Stand Lab lets students manage a snack stand for a 2-hour school event. They learn demand, pricing, revenue, and profit by creating demand curves, adjusting prices based on weather, and analyzing sales to hit a $150 profit goal.

Santa’s Journey: Route Optimization Quest
Grade 6, 7, 8, 9Project
Santa’s Journey: Route Optimization Quest
10 Activities

A fun, interactive lab where students help Santa plan his global gift delivery. They’ll explore time zones, calculate travel distances, and optimize routes to ensure Santa visits 25 cities within strict delivery windows while conserving reindeer food. Students learn geography, math, and logistics through real-world problem-solving in a festive context!

Negative NumbersNegative NumbersNumber Line Reasoning
Santa’s Journey: Route Optimization Quest

A fun, interactive lab where students help Santa plan his global gift delivery. They’ll explore time zones, calculate travel distances, and optimize routes to ensure Santa visits 25 cities within strict delivery windows while conserving reindeer food. Students learn geography, math, and logistics through real-world problem-solving in a festive context!

Precision Construction: A Geometry Project
Grade 7, 8Project
Precision Construction: A Geometry Project
19 Activities

Step into the role of a construction engineer! In this hands-on geometry lab, students estimate costs for concrete, flooring, painting, HVAC, roofing, landscaping, and more using real-world floor plans. Covers area, volume, surface area, and unit conversions. Auto-graded and perfect for 7th grade classrooms.

7.G.A.1, 7.G.B.4, 7.G.B.5, 7.G.B.6, CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4, CCSS.Math.Practice.MP5, CCSS.Math.Practice.MP6
Unit RateScale DrawingsArea and Circumference
Precision Construction: A Geometry Project

Step into the role of a construction engineer! In this hands-on geometry lab, students estimate costs for concrete, flooring, painting, HVAC, roofing, landscaping, and more using real-world floor plans. Covers area, volume, surface area, and unit conversions. Auto-graded and perfect for 7th grade classrooms.

The Haunted House Math Adventure
Grade 7, 8Project
The Haunted House Math Adventure
8 Activities

Take your students on a spooky adventure through a haunted mansion filled with math puzzles! This Halloween-themed lab features 5 interactive worksheets covering ratios, fractions, percentages, and more. Completing each worksheet unlocks the next haunted room, leading to the final treasure. Perfect for engaging middle schoolers in a fun and educational Halloween experience!

RatioUnit RateProportional Relationships
The Haunted House Math Adventure

Take your students on a spooky adventure through a haunted mansion filled with math puzzles! This Halloween-themed lab features 5 interactive worksheets covering ratios, fractions, percentages, and more. Completing each worksheet unlocks the next haunted room, leading to the final treasure. Perfect for engaging middle schoolers in a fun and educational Halloween experience!

Car Manufacturing: Number Challenge
Grade 7, 8Paired Learning Competition
Car Manufacturing: Number Challenge
47 Activities
Paired Learning

Students apply ratios, percentages, and budgeting skills in this fast-paced, team-based math competition. As co-founders of a vehicle startup, they calculate production costs, analyze sales offers, and race through 10 business cycles—boosting engagement through real-world math, strategy, and collaboration.

7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.2, 7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.3, CCSS.Math.Practice.MP1, CCSS.Math.Practice.MP2, CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4, CCSS.Math.Practice.MP6
Unit RateProportional RelationshipsOperations with Rational Numbers
Car Manufacturing: Number Challenge

Students apply ratios, percentages, and budgeting skills in this fast-paced, team-based math competition. As co-founders of a vehicle startup, they calculate production costs, analyze sales offers, and race through 10 business cycles—boosting engagement through real-world math, strategy, and collaboration.

Santa’s Workshop: Multi-Step Operations & Ratios
Grade 7Project
Santa’s Workshop: Multi-Step Operations & Ratios
11 Activities

Step into Santa’s Workshop in this festive, multi-step math lab! Students count gifts, calculate materials, check inventory, manage costs, allocate ELF Time, and run a real-time production simulation. A fun, engaging way to apply 7th-grade math to a realistic holiday scenario!

RatioRatioUnit Rate
Santa’s Workshop: Multi-Step Operations & Ratios

Step into Santa’s Workshop in this festive, multi-step math lab! Students count gifts, calculate materials, check inventory, manage costs, allocate ELF Time, and run a real-time production simulation. A fun, engaging way to apply 7th-grade math to a realistic holiday scenario!

Black Friday: Mastering Discounts and Budgets
Grade 7, 8Project
Black Friday: Mastering Discounts and Budgets
6 Activities

This interactive lab challenges students to solve real-world math puzzles in a Black Friday shopping scenario. Students calculate discounts, compare deals, and manage budgets to "escape" themed rooms.

RatioUnit RateProportional Relationships
Black Friday: Mastering Discounts and Budgets

This interactive lab challenges students to solve real-world math puzzles in a Black Friday shopping scenario. Students calculate discounts, compare deals, and manage budgets to "escape" themed rooms.


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City Park Design
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City Park Design

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Cafe Cash Register Challenge
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Cafe Cash Register Challenge

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Smoothie Stand Startup
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Smoothie Stand Startup

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Student Survey Analyzer
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Student Survey Analyzer

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Data Dash Challenge
Grade Paired Learning Competition
Data Dash Challenge
Paired Learning

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Factory Floor Challenge
Grade Paired Learning Competition
Factory Floor Challenge
Paired Learning

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Catering Chaos Challenge
Grade Paired Learning Competition
Catering Chaos Challenge
Paired Learning

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Banking Blitz: The Transaction Challenge
Grade Paired Learning Competition
Banking Blitz: The Transaction Challenge
Paired Learning

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