Math Project Based Learning Bundle for 4th Grade

Project-Based Learning is a fun and engaging way for students to practice and review essential math skills. It uses real-world-based math problems that kids care about and relate to. Your students will enjoy flexing their math muscles in this bundle of 5 project-based learning activities that cover many fourth grade math standards. In fact, students might be having so much fun they won’t even realize they are learning!

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But Wait! You Might Already Own This!

These PBLs are all included in the Fourth Grade Math Curriculum. If you have purchased the Fourth Grade Math Curriculum Bundle, you already have all of the project-based learning activities.  In addition to these PBLs, our Fourth Grade Math Curriculum Bundle comes with everything you need for easy and engaging math lessons for the entire year. See it HERE. 

Some of the individual Fourth Grade Math Curriculum Units also come with one of these PBLs. The following Units include a PBL activity: Unit 2, Unit 4, Unit 7, Unit 8, and Unit 9.

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This Fourth Grade Project-Based Learning Bundle is intended to be used over the course of the school year. It includes:

• Place Value, Addition, & Subtraction PBL 
• Multiplication and Division PBL 
• Fractions & Decimals PBL
• Geometry PBL 
• Measurement, & Data PBL 

These project-based learning activities also make a great test prep review project-based learning activity and offer a fun alternative to boring practice sheets. They provide rigorous practice of standards-based skills.

Each Project-Based Learning activity is based on a unique theme that students love. Kids get to blast off to space camp, manage a movie theater, plan an amazing birthday party, curate an aquarium, and be the owners of the best pizza pie restaurant in town!

But while the themes revolve around interesting, real-world based problems, these no-prep activities are easy to plan and use in the classroom. There are no complicated instructions, no long lists of supplies, and no messy projects. Simply print and teach.

What’s Included:

Each PBL includes:

• Multiple (4, 5, or 6) different skills-based math activities 
• Color and black and white versions
• An answer key
• Detailed teacher directions

Skills covered include:

Addition, Subtraction, and Place Value: In this project-based learning activity students will use addition, subtraction, and place value skills to make their Space Camp adventure out of this world!

• Place Value
• Rounding to the nearest million
• Addition & Subtraction with seven digits
• Expanded form & word form
• Measurement
• Word problems
• Interpreting data

Multiplication & Division: In this project-based learning activity students will use multiplication and division to open and operate the new cinema.

• Multiplicative comparisons
• Multi-step word problems
• Prime and composite
• Number patterns
• Multi-digit multiplication
• Multi-digit division

Fractions & Decimals: In this project-based learning activity students will use fractions and decimals to throw a fabulous birthday party.

• Fractions
• Decimals
• Equivalent fractions
• Comparing fractions
• Adding and subtracting fractions
• Decomposing fractions
• Converting decimals to fractions

Geometry: In this project-based learning activity students will be using geometry skills while volunteering at the aquarium.

• Polygons
• Parallel and perpendicular lines
• Symmetry
• Right, obtuse, and acute angles
• Measuring angles
• Additive angles

Time, Measurement & Data: In this project-based learning activity students will be using time, measurement, and data to run their pizza restaurant.

• Polygons
• Area
• Perimeter
• Addition and subtraction
• Measurement conversions in both the metric and imperial systems
• Elapsed time
• Money
• Line plots
• Interpreting data

How To Use This Resource:

These PBLs are designed to be used after you have already taught the skill.

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

• Use the appropriate PBL as a whole group activity at the end of your unit and complete the entire PBL as a review
• Use one activity a day to begin reviewing near the end of each appropriate unit
• 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 a dry-erase marker to complete the activities and you’ll have the activity for years.
• Use during guided-math groups to provide extra support to students.
• Use this resource during test prep season as a fun review.

❤️❤️Why You’ll Love It:❤️❤️

• Super easy to prep.
• Rigorous practice of standard-based math skills in a fun format that kids love
• Makes a great alternative test prep and review activity

Time to Complete:

Each PBL activity should take between 45-60 minutes, depending on the skill level of your students and whether or not they are working in groups.

FAQs

Q: What is project-based learning?

A: Project-based learning or PBL is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.

Q: Is there a lot of prep involved in this activity?

A: No. This activity is super low prep for teachers. All you have to do is print and teach.

Q: Do students complete these activities 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 dry-erase 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: Should I use all of these PBLs at the same time?

A: This is an entire year’s worth of project-based learning activities. Each PBL is designed to be used after you have taught a unit on the covered skill. They make a great review.