NRCCTE Math-in-CTE Resources

Architecture and Construction: Stair Construction

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 23:20:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13427, image left]Stair Construction is a sample Architecture and Construction lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Colorado. The lesson’s objective is to prepare students to design a stair layout and then build a set of stairs using the constraints for building projects within the architecture and construction field. The CTE concept taught in this lesson is stair layout and construction. Math concepts include measurement, slope, estimation, and tolerances.

Curriculum Map: Architecture and Construction (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Stair Construction (PDF)

Stair Terminology Worksheet (PDF)

Stair Terminology Worksheet – Stair Layout Code Essentials (PDF)

Assessment 1: Job Site Stairs (PDF)

Stair Layout Worksheet (PDF)

Stair Layout Worksheet Answer Key (PDF)

Business Management and Administration: Compound Interest – A Millionaire’s Best Friend

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 23:13:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13419, image left]Compound Interest – A Millionaire’s Best Friend is a sample Business lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Missouri. The lesson’s objective is help students understand the effects of compound interest over time by comparing a variety of investments and calculating compound interest using various rates of return. The CTE concepts taught in this lesson are compound interest, types of investments, opportunity cost, and diversification. Math concepts include percentages, ratio, comparing, exponential functions, graphing, rounding, order of operations, estimating, formulas, and charting.

Curriculum Map: Business Management and Administration (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Compound Interest – A Millionaire’s Best Friend (PDF)

Charts for Compound Interest – A Millionaire’s Best Friend (PDF)

Picture and Exercise for Compound Interest – A Millionaire’s Best Friend (PDF)

Investment Spectrum Table Worksheet (PDF)

Investment Spectrum Table Worksheet Key (PDF)

Investment Spectrum Table Worksheet Scrap (PDF)

Finance: Double Declining Depreciation

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 23:01:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13409, image left]Double Declining Depreciation is a sample Finance lesson plan created by a CTE and math teacher team from Iowa. The lesson’s objective is to help Finance or Business students understand how to calculate depreciation expense and book value using double declining balance methods of depreciation and comparing to straight line. Math concepts include formulas, decimals, percents, exponential decay and linear relationships.

Finance Curriculum Map (PDF)

Finance Lesson Plan (PDF)

Double Depreciation PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Depreciation Spreadsheet (PDF)

Double Declining Depreciation Worksheet (PDF)

Guided Practice Worksheet (PDF)

Double Declining Depreciation Pretest (PDF)

Double Declining Depreciation Posttest (PDF)

Double Declining Depreciation Pretest / Posttest Key (PDF)

Health Science: Back to Basics

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:39:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13401, image left]Back to Basics is a sample Health Science lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Missouri. The lesson’s objective is to teach students how to make conversions between metric and U.S. standard measurements and the apothecary system of measurements used in the healthcare field. The CTE concept taught in this lesson is medical math—in particular, unit conversions. Math concepts include unit conversions, ratios, proportions, and exponents.

Curriculum Map: Health Science (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Back to Basics (PDF)

Key Terms (PDF)

Lab Demonstration Test (PDF)

Health Science I and II Assessment: Systems of Measurement (PDF)

Medical Math Pretest (PDF)

Medical Math Pretest Key (PDF)

Hospitality and Tourism 1: Safety and Sanitation

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:34:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13388, image left]Safety and Sanitation is a sample Hospitality and Tourism (Culinary) lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Detroit, MI. The lesson’s objective is to help students develop an understanding of bacterial growth and the effect different temperatures have on bacteria. The CTE concepts taught in this lesson are safety and sanitation. Math concepts include tables, graphs, growth rate (exponential growth), and patterns.

Curriculum Map: Hospitality and Tourism - Safety and Sanitation (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Safety and Sanitation (PDF)

Bacterial Growth PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Safety and Sanitation Worksheets (PDF)

Hospitality and Tourism 2: Costing

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:31:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13384, image left]Costing is a sample Hospitality and Tourism (Culinary/ProStart) lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Utah. The lesson’s objective is to teach students to accurately find cost per serving and use this serving cost to determine a menu price. The CTE concepts taught in this lesson are cost per serving and menu prices. Math concepts include addition, division, and percentages.

Curriculum Map: Hospitality and Tourism - Costing (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Costing (PDF)

Costing Worksheet (PDF)

Hospitality and Tourism: Salads

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:29:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13380, image left]Salads is a sample Hospitality and Tourism (Culinary/FACS) lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Utah. The lesson’s objective is to teach students to create an aesthetically pleasing salad and prepare a vinaigrette dressing that uses the correct vinegar to oil ratio. The CTE concept taught in this lesson is how to make salads and salad dressings. Math concepts include ratios, percentages, fractions, and conversions.

Curriculum Map: Hospitality and Tourism - Salads (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Salads (PDF)

Salad Preparation PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Information Technology: Photoshop Scale

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:24:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13369, image left]Photoshop Scale is a sample Information Technology lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Iowa. The lesson’s objective is to help students resize an image into given parameters without distorting the image. The CTE concept taught in this lesson is image resizing. Math concepts include ratio, proportion, scale, and equivalent fractions.

Curriculum Map: Information Technology (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Photoshop Scale (PDF)

Introductory PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Ratios and Proportions PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Image Resizing Math Problem PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Resize the Images Proportionally Exercise (PDF)

Extra Practice PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Practice Solving Proportions Worksheet (PDF)

Flashcards (PDF)

State Postcard Assessment Project (PDF)

Manufacturing: Gas Metal Arc Welding Shielding Gas Mix

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:20:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13362, image left]Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Shielding Gas Mix is a sample lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Maine. The lesson’s objective is to prepare students to choose the proper shielding gas for a wire and weld process. The CTE concept for this lesson is how to choose shielding gas mixtures. Math concepts are percentages and whole number multiplication.

Curriculum Map: Manufacturing (PDF)

Lesson Plan: GMAW Shielding Gas Mix (PDF)

Worksheet #1 - GMAW: Fuel Cylinder Percentages (PDF)

Worksheet #2 - GMAW: Fuel Cylinder Percentages (PDF)

Worksheet #3 - GMAW: Fuel Cylinder Percentages (PDF)

Worksheet #4 - GMAW: Fuel Cylinder Percentages (pdf)

Marketing: Break-Even Point

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 21:03:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13356, image left]Break-Even Point is a sample Marketing lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Colorado. The lesson’s objective is to teach students to identify fixed and variable costs and compute total revenue, total costs, and the break-even point. The CTE concepts for this lesson are fixed costs, variable costs, total revenue, total costs, and the break-even point. Math concepts include systems of linear equations, problem solving, table construction, graphing, and interpretation of results.

Curriculum Map: Marketing (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Break-Even Point (PDF)

Break-Even Point Tables and Graphs (PDF)

Break-Even Point Analysis: Pineapple Computers (PDF)

Break-Even Point Analysis: Pineapple Computers - Key (PDF)

STEM: Lou-Vee Air Car

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 20:59:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13355, image left]Lou-Vee-Air Car is a sample STEM lesson created by a CTE and math teacher team from Utah. The lesson’s objective is to teach students to identify the correlation between the mass of a car and the acceleration the car is experiencing and then recognize the action/reaction forces at work. The CTE concepts taught in this lesson are about energy, mass, and weight, including Newton’s second (force = mass * acceleration, or F = ma) and third (action/reaction) laws of motion. Math concepts include formulas, identification of variables, equations, and graphing variables.

Transportation, Distribution and Logistics: Tire and Wheel Assemblies

Kirsten Sundell — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 20:50:00 +0000

Lesson Plans

[image:13343, image left]Tire and Wheel Assemblies is a sample Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics lesson created by an automotive and math teacher team from Arizona. The lesson’s objective is to prepare students to create and use formulas to calculate the diameter of a tire and wheel assembly. The CTE concepts taught in this lesson are tire sizes and designations. Math concepts include creating and using formulas to solve problems, diameter, conversions, and percent.

Math-in-CTE’s seven-element pedagogic framework (PDF)

Curriculum Map: Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Tire and Wheel Assemblies (PDF)

Diameters of Tire and Wheel Assemblies PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Worksheet A: Tire and Wheel Diameters (PDF)

Worksheet A: Tire and Wheel Diameters - Key (PDF)

Worksheet B: Conversions and Percents (PDF)

Worksheet B: Conversions and Percents - Key (PDF)