8th Grade Math Activities

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Buy yourself a new car
Can you offered your dream car?
File name: Car Project.doc | Size: 28 KB

Concession Stand
How many people are needed to run a concession stand?
File name: Concession Stand.doc | Size: 36 KB

Directions
You have decided to have a party at your house this weekend. While most of your friends have been to your house before you have invited a few people who have not. Since your party is during the evening your friends will not be able to read street signs. Therefore, you will have to use a coordinate plane to give your friends directions from the middle school to your house.
File name: coordiinate plane.doc | Size: 38 KB

Down The Drain
For Earth Day on April 22, the eighth grade will undertake a project to investigate water usage by their families.
File name: DOWN THE DRAIN.doc | Size: 42 KB

Holiday Shopping Project
The entire student body of the MacKinnon Middle School will be shopping this holiday season! It doesn’t matter what your background is or in what you believe. It is always a great feeling to give back to your favorite people. Click below to learn more!!
File name: HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPREE.ppt | Size: 145 KB

I need new flooring!
Students will measure a room of their house. From these measurements, they will then sketch a drawing of the room, convert the measurements to square yards, and calculate the amount of carpeting needed. Students will then investigate to determine costs of tile floors or carpeting for their room.
File name: I WANT A NEW FLOOR!!!!.ppt | Size: 80.5 KB

Oriental Trading Company
Studetns will design a package for a purchased item. The package must fit the item and the volume must by correct.
File name: Oriental Trading Co Rubric.doc | Size: 49.5 KB

Scientific Notation
Can you illustrate a very large or very small number?
File name: Scientific Notation Project.doc | Size: 32 KB

Spreading Rumors
Sydney and Ben were both born on December 21st, the date of the winter solstice, and thought it would be great not to have school on their birthday. They decided to start a rumor that school will be closed to celebrate the winter solstice on December 21st. So, on December 1st, Sydney told two of her friends that school would be closed and continued doing this. While Ben decided he did would tell 3 people every other day. Who well tell thier entire school first?
File name: Rumor Race.doc | Size: 32 KB

Time Line
How is time line like a set of integers?
File name: Time Line.doc | Size: 40 KB

Wharton needs a town pool.
Wharton Department of Recreation has finally obtained approval for the construction of a swimming pool and has requested your help with the design. The department would also like you to determine how much time it will take to fill the pool with water when it is done being built.
File name: Pool Pleasure.doc | Size: 30.5 KB

Which Airline is best?
The students are required to make a table of solutions for various linear equations,which correlate with different airlines and graph each on a coordinate plane. They then graph a separate point and analyze the results for which linear equation came the closest to the point. The students must write a letter to a travel agent explaining the reasons they wish to choose one airline instead of anotherto get to their destination (the point).
File name: airline.doc | Size: 33.5 KB