CATALOG
CREATIONS!
magazines
newspapers
construction paper
catalogs
computer
Step one:
1.
Simulate owning a store by developing a
catalog for customers to order products from.
2.
Decide on a theme: sports, clothes,
jewelry, books, kitchen gadgets, etc.
3.
Cut out graphics from papers and
magazines of items to put in the store catalog.
4.
Glue each graphic on plain paper and
include reasonable prices. Write
fractions or percents in captions to identify savings on each product.
ex: Save 25% off
each shirt.
5.
Write at least 10 ads, each on
a separate page.
6.
Design a cover for the catalog.
Step two:
1. Write a word problem on the back of each ad requiring other
students to work through multiple
2.
Switch catalogs with another student.
Have your partner determine the savings made on each item and solve the
word problems. Check answers from
previously made answer keys.
3.
Design order forms to place at the back
of each catalog for other students to order from.
Customers must calculate sales tax and shipping and handling fees
before determining a total bill.
Step
three:
Use the computer to graph the fraction and/or percentage of inventory that is allotted for each product type. Report sales to the class.