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5th grade math projects $5-10
Build A Tiny House! Project Based Learning for Geometry and Math
If you’ve been watching TV or reading magazines, chances are you've seen a tiny house. These little homes are everywhere...and now, we're asking students to make their own 3D version! Build A Tiny House is a project based learning (PBL) activity that'll put the designing into the hands of the students. Students will dive deep to show they understand the how (and why) math concepts such as area, perimeter, and geometry are used in building a home. This project integrates multiple elements such a
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2nd - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
National Parks Research Road Trip PBL Project Based Learning Writing Math
Do you love our National Parks and want to find a way to integrate reading, writing, math, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in a fun, real-life context into your lessons? Consider using project-based learning in your classroom! In this PBL unit, students can plan a road trip to the national parks with their families, while also creating a realistic budget for their vacation.One of the benefits of this project-based learning unit is that it allows for student choice and personalizati
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3rd - 6th
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Project Based Learning: Geometrocity! A Math PBL
Project Based Learning: GEOMETROCITY! Build a City Made of Math with Geometry.Imagine, Design, and Build a City with this 2D and 3D Adventure!-Project Based Learning-Real World Application-Geometry, Maps, & More -Extension Activities -Differentiated Levels***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL!***There is a link to a Google Slides Version. Details below. *This resource can be used for distance learning and e-learning.*Geometrocity is a project based learning activity where students will take their
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
Water Bottle Flip STEM Challenge + STEM Activity
The ORIGINAL water bottle flip STEM activity and lab! Water bottle flip at school? Absolutely! Students will love this on-trend STEM challenge inspired by the popular YouTube water bottle flipping challenge where students toss a water bottle and attempt to land it straight up. Practice scientific method with some probability, fractions and data collection in the mix while having fun!This self-paced, low-prep, project based learning water bottle flip STEM challenge is print-and-go. Each activit
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Tessellation Christmas Tree | Collaborative Christmas Activity and Class Craft!
Don't miss out on the HOLIDAY FUN!! See for yourself why this Tessellated Christmas Tree project is the perfect whole-class Christmas activity... plus you can sneak a little math in the fun! Designed by Art with Jenny K., it connects the individual with the group using tessellations, and it has a ton of "wow factor" when complete. It provides a meaningful demonstration that our individuality combines with others to make a greater whole—a wonderful lesson for the holiday season! Each student deco
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
Real-World Budgeting & Finance: A Personal Financial Literacy Project
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2024 REBOOT - see below for details!This project is perfect to get your students engaged in your personal financial literacy unit! Often, the concepts in this unit are beyond our kids' scopes of imagination. This unit keeps them interested and engaged, all while teaching them about taxes, budgeting, balancing an account, and keeping records. They will make real-life choices about things like insurance, groceries, utilities, and charitable donations based on their income, budgeting, and
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4th - 8th
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Run A Food Truck PBL, Project Based Learning Activity
Welcome to the FOOD TRUCK business! More and more food trucks are becoming high priorities in the eating world. Whether it’s a lunch crowd or a spot by a concert, food trucks are in high demand. Plus, the food isn’t just good...it’s great. Now students can create their own business using math skills (decimals, area, and perimeter) to make food trucks become a reality. ***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL!***There is a link to a Google Slides Version. Details below.Run A Food Truck is a project based
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
End of the Year Activities Math Project Based Learning Plan a Vacation Trip PBL
Use this fun end of the year activities to plan a trip or vacation. The math project-based learning activity is ideal for 5th, 6th, and 7th-grade students to learn about budgeting money when they travel on vacation. This real-work math is a PBL project with printable worksheets that are perfect to use with upper elementary & middle school students to help teach budgeting money by planning a trip with everything included. The PBL resource comes with budgeting worksheets and is a very low-prep
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5th - 8th
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Run A Taco Truck, Project Based Learning (PBL) For Print or Distance Learning
Welcome to the TACO TRUCK business! More and more food trucks are becoming high priorities in the eating world. Whether it’s a lunch crowd or a spot by a concert, food trucks are in high demand. Plus, the food isn’t just good...it’s great. Now students can create their own business using math skills (decimals, area, and perimeter) to make taco trucks become a reality. This'll be supreme!***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL!***There is a link to a Google Slides Version. Details below. *This resource
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
National Parks Research Activities End of Year Project Includes Yellowstone
This Visit a National Park research project will have your students so engaged, they won't want the activity to end! In this unit, students have the opportunity to plan a trip to a National Park, create a road map, write a research article, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun U.S. National Parks Activity? Now includes nonfiction reading passages and other bonus reading activities!Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PB
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3rd - 6th
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Radial Symmetry Paper Relief Project - Art and Math (Fractions and Symmetry)
Ready to blow away everyone in your school community with a gorgeous math-integrated art lesson?Included in this package is a teacher's project sheet, a paper folding guide sheet, a fully animated PowerPoint, AND an instructional video!The PowerPoint contains all the pertinent information you need for this project.. so be sure to review it BEFORE teaching (you’ll want to go through it in presentation mode yourself).The PowerPoint begins by defining symmetry as a type of formal balance, then clar
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Elementary Art Lesson Plan Bundle
Design a Haunted House Writing Halloween PBL Math and Writing Project
Halloween activities like this original Design a Haunted House PBL Unit will get your students excited about learning like never before! What better way to have students use real-life Halloween math, reading, and writing skills? In this unit, students will have the opportunity to plan and design a haunted house and persuade others to visit their haunted attraction!Please click the PREVIEW button above to get a better idea of everything included.SAVE 25% on this resource in the PBL Activities Bun
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4th - 6th
End of the Year Math Project Based Learning Activities 4th 5th Grade Math Review
Your students will love seeing how their math skills apply to the real world with these end of the year project based learning math review activities for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade! This Plan a Vacation to the Fair Math Project includes two differentiated packets of math enrichment activities to support project based learning. Each math review packet has 26 worksheets of activities to get 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students to apply their math skills to real-world scenarios. This math project is perfe
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4th - 6th
Multiplication and Division Math Project plus STEM Activity
Looking for an engaging and high-interest multiplication and divison project to enhance your students' multiplication and division skills? Look no further than this multiplication and division project-based learning and STEM resource! Instead of dull worksheets, your students will design their own video game truck and calculate expenses and profits for their business, sharpening their mathematical abilities and gaining valuable knowledge in business planning.With a focus on video games, a topic
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Math Projects BUNDLE Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning: Zoo Design, Area & Perimeter (PBL) Now For Google Slides
Project Based Learning: Zoo Design with Area and Perimeter, Map Skills, and More! This also includes differentiated activities, math skills, problem solving, aligned with Common Core, and extension activities.This project is based around the idea of students creating a zoo using their knowledge of area and perimeter, along with many other math (and academic) skills to create a unique learning opportunity that apply to real-life situations.***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL for DISTANCE LEARNING***
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
Measurement Conversions Project - Customary & Metric Enrichment Activities
Need no-prep differentiation & enrichment for measurement conversions? This project, with three levels of challenge, improves measurement understanding & connects measurement conversions to real-life. Many of the problems are multi-step and challenging to promote higher level thinking and deep understanding!Perfect for:- Project Based Learning Activity- Skills Practice- Review or Test Prep- Test or Assessment- Enrichment- Fast Finisher Challenges- Cooperative Learning Partner or Small Gr
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4th - 6th
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Dream Vacation End of Year Project
Planning a vacation has never been so fun! In this cross-curricular project, students will plan, budget, and journal about their "dream vacation". They will pull skills from math, language arts, and social studies and work with their group members to complete the project.This is a great resource for distance learning and includes an update in which students plan their "dream vacation" for just them (not a small group). In the resource, you will find a 23-page packet to guide students while pla
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3rd - 6th
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Water Park Writing Math Project Based Learning End of the Year Real World Math
Students LOVE real-life learning, and this Design a Water Park Project will have them asking for more units just like it! Students will have the opportunity to design their very own waterpark, create and design a park map, write a description of the world's best waterpark, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun project based learning activity? Please click the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included in this l
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3rd - 6th
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Winter Project Based Learning | Hot Cocoa Stand Business PBL | Hot Chocolate
Students LOVE real-life learning, and this Start a Hot Cocoa Stand PBL unit will have them asking for more activities just like it! Students will plan and design a hot cocoa stand, create a menu, write how to make the world's best hot chocolate, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this Hot Chocolate Stand Business Project Based Learning unit? Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PBL Activities Bundle for the Year!This activity i
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4th - 6th
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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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STEM Space Lander Math & Engineering Activity (Printed & Digital)
Space Lander STEM ChallengeThis STEM activity is one of our favorite engineering design challenges! The combination of marshmallows (or ping pong balls) and aliens makes this a winning STEM challenge! In the Space Lander Challenge, student teams build a lander using the engineering design process to keep two marshmallow "aliens" or "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Using straws, index cards, and mini marshmallows or cotton balls, students apply concepts of shock ab
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School
Create a Food Truck Business Project - Math Project Based Learning - Math PBL
This design a food truck project based learning math activity puts students in charge of designing and setting up their own food truck. This math pbl unit encourages students to create their own food truck through problem solving, collaboration, research, creativity, math and ELA skills.Click the PREVIEW button above to see more details of what is included.This project based learning food truck project focuses on applying the skills of:decimalsarea and perimetervolumescaling a recipeconverting m
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4th - 6th
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Treehouse Construction PBL, A Hands-On Project Based Learning Activity
Dream houses don't have to be on the ground. Some of the best houses having been created in the trees. Treehouses have evolved from simple shacks in the backyard tree to multi-tiered architectural cathedrals in the air...and now your students can make their own. Treehouse Construction is a project based learning activity that asks students to design to design and build a 3D version of their dream treehouse. This project based learning activity focuses on designing elements, using multiple probl
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
End of the Year Math Project Activities Fun 4th 5th 6th Grade Math Review Packet
Your students will love seeing how their math skills apply to the real world with these fun end of the year math project activities for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade math review! This Planning a Barbeque Party Math Project includes two differentiated packets of math enrichment activities to support project based learning. Each packet has 35 worksheets of multi-step word problems and activities to get 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students to apply their math skills to real-world scenarios. This math project
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4th - 6th
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Importance of learning math in 5th grade
Since math forms the basis for many other subjects — like science, engineering, and technology — it's essential that kids develop strong math skills starting in elementary school, as it makes them more likely to succeed in the more challenging middle and high school courses.
Benefits of learning math in 5th grade
Learning math in 5th grade has many benefits. It helps students:
- Develop problem-solving, logical reasoning, and critical-thinking skills
- Prepare for more complex mathematical concepts in higher grades
- Understand how math is used in real-life situations
By ensuring that 5th graders have a solid understanding of math concepts, teachers can help set them up for future success
Key topics covered in 5th grade math
In 5th grade, students are introduced to more challenging mathematical concepts. They'll likely continue to build on their understanding of fractions and decimals, and explore new concepts like numerical expressions.
Decimals
Fifth graders will continue to build on their knowledge of decimals by learning how to read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
Operations with Fractions
Fifth grade math involves extending their understanding of how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions with unlike numerators and denominators. Fifth graders will start learning how to simplify fractions, convert fractions to mixed numbers, and find common denominators.
Measurement
In 5th grade, measurement concepts become more complex, and involve learning about volume and capacity.
Algebraic Thinking
In 5th grade math, teachers will introduce the concept of algebraic thinking. This includes working on numerical expressions. They learn to solve simple one-step equations and use algebraic thinking to solve real-world problems.
Data
Fifth graders will learn about the coordinate system, along with how to create and interpret graphs and charts.
How to find math resources for 5th grade
Educators can save time preparing lessons by using math worksheets, activities, and other types of resources created by experienced Sellers on TPT. Simply search the TPT marketplace for "5th grade math," and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find print and digital materials that've been proven to work in classrooms around the country.
Frequently asked questions
What types of 5th grade math resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of math worksheets, lessons, and activities sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular math worksheets, games and resources can be found on topics like: fractions, decimals, algebra, probability, and geometry.
What are some good resources for practicing math in 5th grade?
Websites like TPT offer free and paid resources, including worksheets, for 5th grade students practicing math. You can also find refresher lessons for concepts learned in earlier grades.
What are 5th graders learning in math right now?
Fifth graders will learn decimal and fractional expressions and explore numerical expressions, volumes and diagrams.
How much math practice should my student do each day?
The amount of practice varies depending on your student's needs, but generally, 20-30 minutes of practice per day is recommended.
What if my student doesn't enjoy math?
Sprinkle a little fun into your math lessons by using games, videos, puzzles, and real-life scenarios. If a child in your class seems to find math boring or uninteresting, you can also try connecting it to their interests or hobbies. Additionally, teachers can encourage a positive attitude and celebrate small successes.
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