Summer Institute for Authentic Learning and Leadership

This presentation will showcase the successes and challenges of an authentic learning project my students completed in my 6th grade math class. Students had to decide which pizza place in our town was the best value based on the number of toppings. They used concepts of linear equations, tables and graphs along with customer service and taste to make their decisions.

This project showed how algebra can be used to make practical and informed choices in everyday situations. The presentation will describe how the project was introduced, what the students did to make their mathematical choices, and how the entire 6th grade was involved in the final decision of the best pizza place in Galion. How this project can easily be adapted for several different grade levels will also be discussed in the presentation.