Grade 8 has been busy working on their SJCC Pool Budget Proposals!

We’re getting down to the final expenses in our spreadsheets. It’s been a long yet meaningful process connecting all of our math strands to find the cost and amounts of “re-vamping” the outdoor SJCC pool and even adding a circular hot tub! Real Life Math in Action!

Students had to use scale models to find:

  • All costs of the pool for 3 months plus reno costs; such as the following:
    • electricity
    • water delivery
    • water charge
    • re-paving
    • re-tiling
    • painting
    • fencing
    • water consumption
    • evaporation rates
    • employees
    • employee E.I. and CPP Contributions
    • membership costs and possible algebraic equations to break even and make a profit
    • Taxes
  • Along with a graphed analysis when the budget proposal is complete, students also had to construct and make a scale model “prototype” of what their pool may look like.

Great work guys and gals! We’ll be completed the entire project in 2 weeks!