3rd grade critical thinking math projects on sale

The Classroom on Mango Street

Also included in: Junior Innovators Project Bundle - End of Year Projects

Area and Perimeter Activity: Room & Yard Designer - Grade 3

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In this this discovery-based math activity, students use area and perimeter to decorate a room and/or a backyard. Students are given specific lengths, area and/or perimeter requirements, then prompted to place windows and fireplaces in rooms, and patios and swimming pools in backyards! There is also a creative “free form” option, which allows students to design without any requirements but asks them to record the area/perimeter of their designs. Calling all future interior decorators & la

Subjects:

Math Test Prep, Measurement, Word Problems

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

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Also included in: Area & Perimeter Worksheets/Activities - Grade 3 | Skills-Boosting Bundle!

Cardboard STEM Mini Golf Course Challenge | Putt Putt Project

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Critical Thinking, Engineering, Problem Solving

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

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Projects, GATE

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: Ultimate STEM and STEAM Activities Bundle - Teacher's Top-Rated Resources

Entire Year Long Monthly Homework / Classwork Projects BUNDLE

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Education Edventures

Instead of giving daily homework, experiment with giving your students monthly projects. My students love these projects and look forward to presenting the hands on activities to the class every month. There are a mix of projects from each of the academic areas. Each project has directions on the front side and a rubric on the back. The projects are as follows:August - Brown Bag Speech - Get to Know YouSeptember - Famous Landmarks - Math Place ValueOctober - Cereal Box Book Report - Language Art

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies - History

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Projects, Homework

Math Enrichment Project 2nd, 3rd, & 4th - Differentiated PBL - Plan A Road Trip

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Pencils and Chalk

Your students will LOVE these fun math enrichment projects with a road trip theme! Students will plan 3 different, fun road trips from choice menus while working within various budgets! Perfect for math enrichment, gifted, fast finishers, and more. Zero prep for you, and tons of fun for them. These math enrichment projects come pre-differentiated. You get 3 different math projects, each with varying difficulty levels.They are so simple for you, too. All you need to do is print and GO! ✨Included

Subjects:

Applied Math, Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

Also included in: Math Enrichment Projects for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th | Differentiated PBLs

50 STEAM Labs - science technology engineering art math thematic projects

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MediaStream Press

PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!My 50 STEM Labs Series is all about increasing the level of fun while teaching engineering. In this new book, I created a set of STEAM thematic units. Each unit is a single page with a set of suggested interrelated activities for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Unlike other series and authors who slap together an arts and crafts activity and call it STEM/STEAM, this one actually has suggestions for ho

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Math, Physics

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Centers

STEM Choice Board With Everyday Items | STEM Challenges

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Critical Thinking, End of Year, Engineering

This digital STEM choice board gives students the opportunity to select up to 20 different challenges! Each challenge uses everyday items that can be found around the house. The choice board is simple to use, just share the link and students can select their challenge, and begin building. Your students will each create their own models, post pictures or describe and then evaluate their designs. This product includes:Teacher Direction PDF PageDigital Student STEM Choice Board-just share the link

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-4

...

STEM Challenge Fingerboard Skate Park | Cardboard Skatepark STEAM Project

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Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This design a fingerboard skatepark 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 skate park. 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 school year, fun

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Plan a Thanksgiving Dinner Math Activity - Project Based Learning

Created by

The English Labo

Thanksgiving Dinner Math Project This resource will give our students an opportunity to plan their Thanksgiving dinner and their plates. You will also find crafts and math worksheets in color or b/w! For a closer look click on Preview.What's included:Thanksgiving Dinner Plan Cover in color or b/w (two options)Thanksgiving Dinner Menu Planning with prices (two options: whole numbers or decimals) Thanksgiving Dinner Menu Analysis (two options: whole numbers or decimals)Thanksgiving Dinner Recordin

Subjects:

Math, Thanksgiving, Writing

Grades:

1st - 4th, Staff

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

Gingerbread House PBL Project - Area & Perimeter Winter Activities

Created by

Education Edventures

This Gingerbread House Project is a great task that will have students learning by actively engaging in a real world and meaningful task. Students will determine a possible area and perimeter for a gingerbread house given specific criteria. They will then shop for supplies and draw their gingerbread house before getting to create it.What's Included:Gingerbread House Project coverGingerbread Architecture (Finding Possible Dimensions)Gingerbread Blueprint (Modeling Area and Perimeter)Gingerbread D

Subjects:

Applied Math, Holidays/Seasonal, Math

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Back to School STEM Challenge | Getting to Know You Activity | Design Project

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Critical Thinking, Engineering, Math

This STEM challenge gives students the opportunity to create an item that describes themselves! This highly engaging activity is aligned with the NGSS and will take your students through the Engineering Design Process! It is simple to use just print and the students can begin building using recycled materials. This is perfect for back to school because students can share their item with the class as a personal introduction. *This challenge asks students to use recycled materials to design a

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

Also included in: Growth Mindset STEM Bundle | STEM | Social Emotional Learning

Digital 4th Grade Number Talks Yearlong Bundle | EDITABLE

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Education Edventures

Help students build their number sense with this PAPERLESS Number Talks year long BUNDLE! This resource includes 40 weeks of DIGITAL Number Talk lessons. The 4th Grade Number Talk lessons were carefully designed to engage your fourth grade learners in meaningful math conversations focused on mental math and computational strategies throughout the year. They make the perfect math warm-up! You will receive a PowerPoint and a link to the Google Slides version, which include 40 weeks of Number Talks

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies - History

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Projects, Homework

Base 10 Robot Project

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Math, Numbers, Place Value

This is a project for students to do at home. The purpose of this project is for students to make real world connections with place value. - Students are to create a robot.- Robot must be equal to a value of more than a 1,000.- I gave my students about a week and a half to complete.- Includes letter explaining the project, base 10 blocks, sentence stems, examples and rubric is also included.* It's also available in Spanish. (Visit the store)TEKS:3.2A - compose and decompose numbers up to 100,000

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 4th

Types:

Also included in: Base 10 Robot Project | English & Spanish

Pizza Fractions Project | Digital and Printable

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Allow your students to make real world connections with fractions. This fun project will let your students apply what they have learned in class.Printable Version:Students are to create a pizza. (examples included) The toppings should represent the different fractions. I gave my students about 2 weeks to complete. Includes letter explaining the project to parents, examples and rubric are also included. 21 pizza toppings in color.1 pizza in color.18 pizza toppings in black and white.1 pizza in bl

Subjects:

Fractions, Math

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Array City Project DIGITAL

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Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math

This is the Google Classroom edition of my Array City Project. The purpose of this digital project is for students to make real world connections with multiplication.- Students are to create a city using arrays.- Students should represent 5 to 8 buildings.- The windows of the buildings should represent the array. - Each building should represent and be labeled with multiplication facts from 1 to 10.- Students need to name the city using a mathematical term.- Students are to include yard items in

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Teaching With Imagination

Junior Innovators Project Bundle - End of Year Projects

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Are you looking for high-engagement enrichment projects to encourage your students' creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills? Our 5-product bundle includes weeks' worth of projects to implement with your students throughout the school year.Includes:The Unsellable Product Challenge (Persuasive Writing Advertising Project)Design a Sneaker Project (STEM + Design Project)Junior Shark Innovator Project - A Shark Tank-inspired economics business projectDesign a Food Truck Project (STE

Subjects:

Business, Critical Thinking, End of Year

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

STEM Activity Math Multiplication Challenge | Math PBL | Math Extension

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Basic Operations, Critical Thinking, Engineering

This math STEM project gives students the opportunity to use the Engineering Design Process and their multiplication skills! It is a highly engaging activity where the children use multiplication creature and power-up cards and recycled materials to ultimately create a playable game. This math learning opportunity is teacher friendly because it includes rubrics, parent letters, and a printable student journal to meet your needs. My students love this extension because they use their multiplica

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

3.OA.A.1

, 3.OA.C.7

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-4

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Also included in: STEM Math Activities Bundle | Math PBL | Math Extensions

Minute to Win It STEM Challenges | STEAM Games

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Critical Thinking, Engineering, Holidays/Seasonal

What is more fun than a STEM Minute to Win It challenge? This STEAM set has 10 engaging activities! It’s so easy to use, print the challenges and gather the everyday materials. Students will have a blast taking part in these quick activities or the activities can take longer as mini engineering challenges. The included teacher’s guide provides a detailed overview and materials list for each of the 10 challenges. Students will use collaboration and problem solving skills during each of the

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Pizza Fractions Project | Digital

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This is the Google Classroom edition of my Pizza Fractions Project. The purpose of this digital project is for students to make real world connections with fractions.- Students are to create 3 different pizzas. (1 example included)- 1 pizza should be partitioned into fourths- 1 pizza should be partitioned into sixths- 1 pizza should be partitioned into eights - The toppings should represent the different fractions. - Students can work on this project from home.This product includes:Directions s

Subjects:

Fractions, Math, Numbers

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Also included in: Pizza Fractions Project | Digital and Printable

Proyecto de Fracciones (Pizza)

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Projects, Activities, Homework

Este es un proyecto para que los estudiantes puedan hacer en casa. El objetivo de este proyecto es para que los estudiantes puedan hacer conexiones de mundo real con las fracciones.También esta disponible en Google Slides para Google Classroom - Presiona Aquí- Los estudiantes deben crear una pizza. (ejemplos incluidos) - Los ingredientes deben representar las diferentes fracciones. - Di a mis estudiantes aproximadamente 2 semanas para completar.- Incluye la carta explicando el proyecto para los

Subjects:

Fractions, Math, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Also included in: Pizza Fractions Project | English & Spanish

Pizza Fractions Project | English & Spanish

Created by

Fractions, Math, Word Problems

Have a bilingual class? Purchase this bundle and SAVE! It includes both English & Spanish version.Also available for Google Classroom - check storeThis is a project for students to do at home. The purpose of this project is for students to make real world connections with fractions. - Students are to create a pizza. (examples included) - The toppings should represent the different fractions. - I gave my students about 2 weeks to complete. - Includes letter explaining the project to parents,

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types: