Food Truck Challenge Math Project Based Learning Activity
- PDF
What educators are saying
Description
This project based learning activity incorporates engineering, art, geometry, decimals, addition, and subtraction. Students design and construct a paper food truck and then run it using "Guest Checks" to take customer orders and calculate change.
This resource includes:
- teacher directions
- student directions (with photos of each step)
- all templates to construct the food truck, counter, oven, refrigerator, and trash can
- 4 guest checks to take orders and calculate change
- scoring rubric
- finished example
- pictures of completed food trucks for ideas and inspiration
Project overview:
- construct a paper food truck complete with interior counter, oven, refrigerator and a trash can plus any other details (everything made out of paper)
- attach the food truck to a small piece of poster board, card board, or construction paper and decorate the base to show where the food truck is located (the beach, the park, a city street corner, etc.)
- include a menu with at least 5 menu items and their prices
- complete 4 "Guest Checks," totaling up how much each customer owes and determining how much change they will get back
This project is incredibly fun and deceptively educational! Be sure to display your completed food trucks for others to enjoy!
Please follow my store here for more great resources!
You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, and lafountaineofknowledge.com where you'll discover ideas, inspiration, and plenty of freebies! Or join my email list to get my monthly newsletter with exclusive FREE resources you can't get anywhere else!
Want free money to spend on Teachers Pay Teachers? Rate this product to earn some TpT credit! Leaving feedback helps us both out and takes less than a minute! Your support makes it possible for me to continue making and sharing great resources! Thank you!
Credits: Clip art by DigitalArtsi, used with permission. Cover background by Public Domain Pictures, used with permission. All other graphics and photographs are by Shea LaFountaine of LaFountaine of Knowledge. Fonts used include Londrina Solid and Londrina Sketch by Marcelo Magalhães, Amatic SC by Vernon Adams, and Pangolin by Kevin Burke. All fonts were used with permission under open source licenses.
