Seasonal Activities
Bring Holidays to Life — In Your Classroom
Celebrate the season with hands‑on, real‑world labs your students will love. From spooky decision‑making in Halloween to smart budgeting on Black Friday and festive math for Christmas, these activities blend fun with meaningful learning.
Explore themed simulations and interactive worksheets aligned to classroom outcomes—perfect for short units, sub plans, or a memorable end‑of‑term project.
Christmas
Christmas Closeout Sale: Festive Pricing Challenge
Students will delve into the fundamental concepts of pricing and the pivotal role demand curves play in shaping effective pricing strategies. The task for students is to adjust the price of six products for the Christmas closeout sale.
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!
Santa's Workshop: Mastering Spreadsheets
Students will calculate the material required for providing gifts for 25 children, and then learn and use spreadsheet functions to calculate for 1000 children.
Black Friday
Black Friday - Discount Pricing Challenge
The Black Friday Retail Challenge lab immerses students in a real-world simulation where they act as department store owners. They analyze demand, revenue, and profit curves to set optimal Black Friday prices for six flagship products, with a target of $2,500 extra profit.
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.
Halloween
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!
St. Patrick's
St Patrick's Day Fruit Stand
In this business themed simulation, students run a fruit stand, calculating customer bills, automating totals with formulas, and optimizing prices through trial and error. They analyze sales trends, adjust pricing, and compete to maximize profit, gaining real-world business skills!