Easter Math Project-Based Learning Activities

Hippity, hoppity Easter’s on its way. And this project-based learning activity for grades 2-5 will make the holiday eggs-tra special in your classroom as students hop into the fun to help organize a community Easter Egg hunt. The 6 differentiated activities in this resource require students to use real-world based math skills and put their problem-solving skills to the test. Each fun and engaging activity is also great for test prep and review.

The annual spring-spectacular Easter Egg Hunt is right around the corner, but there’s a lot to do to get ready for this big event. Planning event schedules, mapping out the egg hunt, selling tickets, and filling eggs are just some of the tasks necessary to create an eggs-cellent Easter extravaganza. Students will use a variety of math skills, including: elapsed time, geometry, adding, subtracting, money, area, graphing and data, problem-solving, and more to help make the event a success.

This no-prep Easter-egg themed PBL is simple to use. All you have to do is print and teach. And there’s no melted chocolate bunny mess or post-jelly bean sugar crash to worry about with this sweet, simple, spring activity.

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What’s Inside:

• Easy to differentiate options for lower (2nd-3rd) and upper (4th-5th) grades
• 6 different Easter Egg Hunt-themed math activities
• Color and black and white versions
• Answer keys
• Detailed teacher directions

Skills covered:

Lower Version Grades 2 & 3:

• Time & Elapsed time
• Geometry
• Money
• Adding & Subtracting
• Graphing
• Interpreting data
• Problem Solving
  

Upper Version Grades 4 & 5:

• Time & Elapsed time
• Geometry
• Area
• Fractions
• Money
• Decimals
• Adding & Subtracting
• Graphing
• Interpreting data
• Problem Solving

❤️❤️ Why You Will LOVE This Resource ❤️❤️

• Real-world based application of math skills
• Celebrate Easter with meaningful learning activities
• Fun and engaging review/test prep

How to use this resource:

There are a variety of ways to use this resource in the classroom:

• Use as a whole group activity. It’s perfect for a Friday afternoon when you are in between units, or as a break from your regular material.
• Use as part of your Easter celebration.
• Use one or two activities per day during the week leading up to Easter.
• Place activities in student math centers.
• Assign to students to complete individually.
• Allow students to work together or in a small group.
• When using the colored version, print just a few copies and laminate or slide into page protectors. Students can use an expo marker to complete the activities and you’ll have the activity for years.
• Use during guided-math groups to provide extra support to students.
• Include it in your sub plans.
• Make test prep fun with an engaging holiday activity.

Differentiation:

• This PBL activity is easy to differentiate. We’ve included two complete versions of the activity for you. Simply select the activities that best meet the needs of your learners.
• Use either the lower-grade version or the upper-grade version, or pick and choose activities from each. The activities are the same, but the upper version has more complicated calculations and more difficult math concepts.
• Use different versions of the activities with individual students.
• Complete more difficult activities as a whole group or in guided math groups.

Time to Complete:

This activity should take about 60 minutes, depending on the skill level of your students and whether or not they are working in groups. Feel free to modify the activities to accommodate your schedule.

FAQs

Q: Do students complete this activity individually or in groups?

A: That’s up to you! PBL activities are great for collaboration, however, you can choose to allow students to work on this individually as well.

Q: How can I use the colored version in class without wasting ink?

A; The colored version is great if your students are working in pairs or small groups. Print and laminate the colored pages and have students use Expo markers to record their answers. When they are done, they can erase their marks and you can reuse the pages over and over again.

Q: Is this a hands-on activity?

A: Students will use the information provided on the resource pages to solve real-world based problems and tasks. We've also provided pages for students to show their solutions. The preview has some great pictures to give you a good idea of what the resource includes.

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