Math Projects and Competitions

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!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.