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3rd grade problem solving applied math projects
End of the Year Math Activities - Plan a Summer Vacation Summer Math Project
Are you looking for fun end of the year math activities? This summer math project will have your students excited about doing math. The students will plan their summer vacation using a budget sheet. They will have $2,500 to spend while on vacation with a friend. This is a great way to practice financial literacy with your kids. There is a Powerpoint attached with the flight information that is editable so you can change the flight prices and information to reflect where you live. Also includes
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3rd - 6th
Multi-digit Multiplication Project Based Learning
Love project based learning? Look no further for a multi-digit multiplication project with real-world application to engage your students! With this activity, students will have to practice using multi-digit multiplication to plan a camping trip for their classmates. It's engaging, meaningful, and no prep is required!This is a PRINTABLE resource that can also be distributed to students via PDF. A TPT EASEL activity has also been created for these resources. Looking for a fully digital version? C
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Multi-Digit Multiplication Bundle
STEM Index Card Tower Challenge - Easy Prep Project- 2 Versions
This easy prep STEM Activity is surprisingly challenging! Students will have a fantastic engineering opportunity through problem-solving. Index Card Towers show your students how to persevere and redesign based on their initial thinking and planning (plus the towers are fun to build!) The best part is that your prep includes one basic material and the students take over from there. Just stand back and watch them brainstorm and build incredibly tall towers. They will groan when the tower falls, d
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3rd - 5th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Restaurant Menu Project Based Learning PBL | Menu Math
Students LOVE real-life learning, and this "Start a Restaurant" PBL unit will have them asking for more units just like it! Now includes a digital version for Google Classroom! Students will have the opportunity to plan their very own restaurant, create a menu, design an advertisement, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun restaurant project based learning activity? Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PBL Activities Bund
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3rd - 6th
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St. Patrick's Day Craft Activity for Kids | Celtic Knots Paper Art Project [v1]
St. Patrick's Day Activity—Celtic Knot paper art activity. This project is original and fun. You won't find anything like it because I made it up! It's been tested with my students and they just LOVED it! I hope your students will as well. At first glance, this Celtic knot activity might look complicated—which is why it's so striking when the students complete it! However, in this unit, I give you everything you need (templates and instructions) to easily teach this lesson. Your kids will have f
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3rd - 7th
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Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets
Do you want your students to master all the economics terms and standards in 3rd and 4th grade? Well this hands-on PBL unit to teach economics covers many different concepts through a real life project. After learning vocabulary your students will go through a project that will teach them all about economics. This is not an explicit teaching product, but a project based learning product.This Unit Covers1. Scarcity2. Opportunity Costs3. Producers and Consumers4. Budgets5. Market PlacesWhy will th
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3rd - 5th
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Create a Planet Project Based Learning PBL
Students LOVE real-life learning, and this Create a Planet PBL unit will have them asking for more units just like it! Students can plan their very own planet, create a model, design a planet brochure, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun science project based learning activity? Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PBL Activities Bundle for the Year!Please click on the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included in
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3rd - 6th
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Design a Dream Bedroom: Real World Math Project for Area, Perimeter and Geometry
Bring all of your geometry, perimeter and area lessons together with this engaging no prep real world math project! Every time I do this with a class, the students BEG for more time to work on it. This is a highly engaging project for your early finishers, for enrichment, gifted students or to use for a whole class end of the year math activity. All you need to do is print the tasks and get them started. All 10 tasks are open ended to help you differentiate for all the learners in your classroo
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3rd - 5th
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Math | Fun Math Projects | Willy Wonka Math
Add some Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory math project FUN to your end of the year 2nd or 3rd grade plans! This candy-themed math project is a perfect way to integrate math with a class reading of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, or to use as a stand alone enrichment project during your measurement unit or class Wonka Week. With three differentiated versions, this activity is ready to PRINT & GO for your second or third grade students. Editable versions are included for easy customiza
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2nd - 3rd
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Math Projects for Upper Elementary | Real-World Math Activities Mega Bundle
Take engagement and rigor to the next level with these high-interest math projects for upper elementary. I have designed my math projects to be highly engaging, student-driven, real-world, and enriching. You’ll have a project for every occasion all year long! This bundle of THIRTY digital and printable math projects is perfect to use during math centers, as a whole class, as early finisher work, as an extended homework assignment, warm-ups, and more!Wondering how to use these engaging projects i
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3rd - 5th
Math Project-Based Learning: Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000 | 3rd Grade
This 5-day project-based math resource applies math concepts in a real-world scenario to teach students about concepts of addition and subtraction within 1,000. In this 5-day unit, students will apply adding and subtracting concepts to design and open a bed and breakfast. This basic computation addition and subtraction math project is engaging and authentic. Plus, it's available as both a digital and print resource.This project-based math resource covers concepts of adding and subtracting and is
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3rd
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Also included in: The Project-Based Math Library | 3rd Grade Math Project-Based Learning
I'm All Done! (120 enrichment projects for the WHOLE year)
Put your fast finishers to work, and help them enhance their problem solving, math, and language arts skills along the way! Depending on your students' abilities you may want to allow partner work, or not. You be the judge. Each monthly set is packed full of fun and engaging activities that encourage problem solving skills. Kids will be excited to get to these!
August Fast Finishers
September Fast Finishers
October Fast Finishers
November Fast Finishers
December Fast Finishers
January Fast Fini
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2nd - 3rd
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Plan A Vacation Project Based Learning PBL Activity Dream Trip
Students will love this road trip math project PBL with real world math applications- planning an itinerary, buying from the gift shop, creating a time line, budgeting their week, and more! Incorporate authentic real world problems into your classroom using this engaging activity. This product is differentiated, with multiple versions of some pages created to range in difficulty. Choose between multiple options including multiplication of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals to best suit your
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle Math Enrichment Gifted Student Activities
Let's Plan A Vacation - Summer Fun with Budgeting
Let's Plan A Vacation!This end of year project is sure to have your students engaged and thinking about real-world problem solving while practicing those math skills one last time before summer break!It's exactly what you need to rein your students back in when the end of the year is near.This project pack includes two versions and extension activities.-Version One: Students get $1,000 to plan a trip (for one) to the beach. -Version Two: Students get $5,000 to plan a trip (for four, including th
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3rd - 5th
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Haunted Hotel Halloween Tasks | Halloween Project & Activities
Looking for ideas for Halloween Project Based Learning??Engage your students with a variety of real-world tasks this Halloween season!! This Haunted Hotel project includes 8 math, problem solving, and writing tasks to celebrate Halloween, while sticking to the standards.*A DIGITAL VERSION IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GOOGLE SLIDES!!(A link is included on page 3 of the PDF after purchasing and downloading.)More about this resource:This project is quick and easy to prep. Simply copy the pages you need and
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3rd - 5th
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STEM Engineering Challenges Pack ~ Dinosaurs and Fossils ~ Set of Five!
Get ready to engineer some Dinosaurs!Most elementary teachers are more comfortable and knowledgeable with theme topics, so I have decided to create STEM challenge packs based on specific ones, like dinosaurs and fossils!This engineering challenge activity pack is one of many that I have created to use in my classroom! I sometimes place these challenges, one per table, and the students rotate around the room in order to complete them. There are no right or wrong answers, many different solutions
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3rd - 6th
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Enrichment Task Cards | Curiosities BUNDLE | Gifted Independent Activities
Are you searching for independent projects that will engage and challenge your gifted or high-achieving students?This BUNDLE of Curiosities Enrichment Task Cards for Grades 3-5 is designed specifically for students who are curious thinkers, seeking enrichment opportunities beyond the curriculum. The tasks are appropriate for gifted learners, as well as high achievers who would benefit from an independent challenge.This bundle includes six enrichment resources. When purchased individually, the fu
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3rd - 5th
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Cardboard STEM Mini Golf Course Challenge | Putt Putt Project
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This design a putt-putt golf course engineering project, will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use a print and go engineering notebook to research, plan, build, and share their mini golf course holes. This design challenge has a quick and easy setup because your students will create it with cardboard and recyclable materials. It is the perfect activity for special days, end of the schoo
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3rd - 5th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
STEM Flight Challenges - 3 Engaging Problem-Solving Projects
Are you looking for highly engaging STEM activities? Helicopters, Airplanes, and Hoop Flyers, Oh My! These STEM Challenges are all about flight and using variables to design! These Multi-Day projects will motivate students through experimenting and designing using their data.This is a terrific money-saving bundle of three fabulous STEM Challenges! Each may be purchased separately. Each of these will take several class sessions to complete. Designing Paper AirplanesThis product specifically inclu
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3rd - 5th
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Easy Peasy Experiments to Teach Scientific Method
This packet contains seven easy (even for the scientifically challenged!)science experiments that can be used to teach the nature of science and the scientific method. The materials needed for the experiments are easy things that are you probably already have! :)
Experiments include:
Paper Play (nature of science)
Penny Spill (water properties, cohesion and surface tension)
The Incredible Egg (solutions and density)
Balancing Act (opposing forces)
Paper Magic (air properties)
Vacancy (propertie
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K - 4th
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STEM MONTHLY BUNDLE 30 Challenges FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR
Are you looking for STEM Challenges that will fill your entire year? This seasonal bundle has it all! Perfect STEM Challenges for each month of the school year. This money-saving bundle will give you three challenges per month.➡️This bundle is all you will need to get started in STEM—with exciting, engaging lessons that students love!➡️ Some of these “seasonal” challenges will work all year long! Many of these challenges can be altered to be used during other months. In fact, in the teacher’s gu
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
PBL Tasks & Math Challenges Mini Bundle #2
PBL Math Activities Mini Bundle #2Looking for engaging, differentiated, and challenging project based learning tasks to enrich your students? This bundle is full of real world math challenges, perfect for enrichment and fast finishers. These projects are differentiated, editable, and a spiral of several ELA and Math skills with an emphasis on project based learning (PBL).This is the second MINI BUNDLE that includes 6 PROJECTS. Each project includes both DIGITAL and PRINTABLE versions.It contain
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1st - 3rd
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Improve-the-Community or Improve-the-School (Project-Based Learning)
Project-based learning is a way for students to investigate a real-world problem. This packet includes everything you need to implement an "Improve-the-community" or "Improve-the-school" project. This incorporates 21st century skills and English language arts. This connects well to Benchmark Advance Unit 1 or any unit on making a difference in the world.Included in this file:1. What is Project-Based Learning? (teacher page)2. Step-by-step lessons that guide students through the 4 parts (investig
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: All PBL, Research, and Writing Units! (Benchmark Advance)
Design a Garden PBL | Math Project Based Learning
This “Design a Garden” project is such a fun way to build your students’ critical thinking, math skills, and creativity! It can be used as a stand alone project or you can use it to design a school garden (or even for your students to design their own personal garden)! It includes the following:DirectionsGarden Catalog (with two different pricing options)Calculate the Cost spreadsheet (with or without a budget)Design Your Garden (with vegetable images)Black/white versionsThis project can be comp
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Spring Break Packet for Grades 1-3
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