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5th grade math projects for Easel Activities
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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CCSS:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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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:Â 4th Grade Multi-Digit Multiplication Bundle
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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Consumer Math & Financial Literacy - Credit Card Project (with Google Slides™)
You can purchase this product with other consumer math and personal finance activities and projects in a BUNDLE:Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects BUNDLEUpdated to also include a Google Classroom™ version in addition to the original print-friendly version! **************************************************************************************DOWNLOADED OVER 1,000 TIMES**************************************************************************************This is a credit
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects GROWING BUNDLE
MATHVILLE Build a City Math Project Geometry Volume Area Nets End of Year
Give your students the chance to build their own city from scratch with MATHVILLE! In this project students will go through 6 phases where you will measure, calculate, cut, color, build, paste, and use your math problem solving skills to construct the city from scratch. Students will calculate the base area, surface area and volume of 3d figures (last two are optional depending on grade level). The nets form the buildings of the city, their base area will help the students know the location of
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Christmas Math Project Tacky Sweater
Ugly Christmas Sweater/Tacky Christmas Sweater Project is a fun way to practice math subtracting decimals skills! Students will purchase a paper sweater and items to place on the sweater. They keep a total of their purchases and make sure to stay under budget! Skills Needed: Adding and Subtracting Decimals (students that can multiply decimals could use that skill in this project, but it isn't required)A parent letter is included so you can keep parents informed of this exciting math project
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â *Bundle of Math Holidays for Grades 4-6
5th Grade Math Projects, Math Enrichment for the Entire Year! PDF or Digital!
5th Grade Math Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year! From calculating how much food an animal eats in a week to researching and converting the longest rivers in the world, your students will love these research projects. Great for early finishers, advanced learners and whole class fun. No teacher prep, great rigor and perfect math skills/technology integration! Adding enrichment to your classroom shouldn’t have to be time consuming and difficult to manage. This program is easy to m
Grades:
5th
Math Vacation Budget Project- End of the Year Project- PBL
This is a great end of the year activity to keep students engaged and learning. It is also practical and shows them how to apply the math they are learning in school in a realistic way!This is completely ready to go, no prep, and the only material needed is internet access!This can be done alone or with partners. (Includes sentence starters for ELLs!) Connect with me on social media! Instagram: instagram.com/teachATXPinterest: pinterest.com/hemingwhyyTwitter: twitter.com/teachATX Dont forget y
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3rd - 6th
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Area and Perimeter Project with Real World Floor Plan
Students love this engaging activity with real world applications for area and perimeter! They work with the rooms on the floor plan of apartment to calculate areas and perimeters. In the project, students calculate the areas and perimeters of rooms in an apartment, including composite irregular polygons. Follow up questions push students to think about applications of area and perimeter. In the download, you will receive:2 versions of an apartment floor planWorksheet for calculations and ques
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Area and Perimeter Bundle
4th Grade Math Enrichment Plan A Vacation Project: Multiplication and Division
This multiplication and division math project is perfect for engaging 4th-grade gifted and talented students. Early finishers get to plan a vacation while diving deeper into multiplication and division problems. Students will enjoy designing a resort in this project-based learning math activity. In this challenge, students will design a vacation resort, think mathematically, and create an advertisement to showcase their work.Check out the Contents of this 4th and 5th Grade Math Project:✏️5 Desig
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Math Project--Design a Zoo!
Updated June 2015! If you own this, go to "My Purchases" to download the updated version!
This is a math project designed for students to complete independently or with a group. Students will use area and perimeter to design a blueprint for a zoo. Students will choose at least 10 animals for their zoo and use the area requirements to design exhibits large enough to house each animal. Students will use critical thinking skills as well as research to design a zoo. Rubric Included! Created by Sar
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Math Project Super Bundle
Valentine's Day STEM Activities | February STEM
February STEM Challenges is a packet of 7 experiments or challenges your students will love! Students plan, design, engineer, and collect data as they are having fun before Valentine's Day! Google slides are included. These activities can also be used for STEAM Activities, Maker Spaces, Tinkering Labs, or After School Clubs. Includes: Includes: ❤️Teacher Page ❤️Challenge 1: Students build Candy Heart Towers ❤️Challenge 2: Cupid Challenge Accuracy❤️Challenge 3: Cupid Challenge Distance ❤️Challen
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Financial Literacy Buy a Car Project (with Google Slides™)
You can purchase this product with other consumer math and personal finance activities and projects in a BUNDLE:Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects BUNDLEUpdated to also include a Google Classroom™ and Easel Activity version in addition to the original print-friendly version!**************************************************************************************This product about purchasing a car contains many activities meant for middle school and high school students.
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects GROWING BUNDLE
PLAN A PARTY 4th Grade Math Enrichment Project Decimals Area Elapsed Time
With this Plan A Party real-world math project, your students will become expert event planners as they design the ultimate birthday celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Moneybags! They will apply a range of important math skills like elapsed time, multi-step problem solving, and estimating to pull off the party of the century. Perfect to use for 4th grade math enrichment of 5th grade review.Math Skills Students Will Use:estimatingmulti-digit addition and subtraction (whole numbers and decimals)area and
Grades:
4th - 5th
Also included in:Â 4th Grade Math Projects The End of the Year Plan A Cruise & Plan A Party
5th Grade Financial Literacy, Personal Finance Math Unit 5.10
Great personal finance/ financial literacy unit for 5th graders! Within this personal finance literacy interactive notebook for 5th graders, students will create a detailed budget, learn to differentiate between sales tax, income tax, and federal taxes. Students will also learn about checking accounts, savings accounts, stock markets, CD's, debit cards, credit cards, credit scores, "wants and needs" and learn about several other important topics that will help make them "Money-Wise" in the futur
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â 5th Grade STAAR Math Test-Prep Product BUNDLE
Math Project Plan a Party
For this project, students will use math skills to plan a party with a budget of $100. Great enrichment activity for gifted students or early finishers.
Three project options are included: math only, math and scrapbook page, and math plus extended final product. Rubric Included for all options!
Check out this money-saving bundle that includes this math project and 4 of my other popular math projects:
Math Project Super Bundle
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Math Project Super Bundle
Christmas STEM Challenges | Digital Google Classroom
Looking for some fun December STEM Activities to keep your student learning? Christmas Digital STEM Activities will keep your students learning and thinking critically throughout the December month! Great for remote learning, blended or on-site. Students will plan, design, engineer, and collect data as they are having fun before the holidays! Connecting important skills such as collecting data, making observations, and measurement skills will help you seamlessly add STEM to your current curricu
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â STEM December Bundle | Christmas STEM Activities
Adding and Subtracting Decimals Project
Love project-based learning? Go beyond a worksheet with this engaging real-world project to practice adding and subtracting decimals! With this activity, students will use their understanding of decimals and money to open a sandwich shop! It's engaging, meaningful, and no prep is required!This is a PRINTABLE resource that can also be distributed to students via PDF Looking for fully digital? See the Google Classroom version hereWhat does this project include?10 Activity Pages - Pick and choose w
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Math Project Based Learning Bundle 3rd 4th 5th
Invention "SHARK TANK" Classroom Competition, Step-By-Step Guide w/ Handouts
PDF or Digital! Shark Tank! Classroom or school invention competition! It's never too early to encourage your young entrepreneurs. I've included everything you need with this resource to have a "Shark Tank" inspired classroom competition in your own classroom. Students will use innovative math, social studies and science skills with partners to create a product that will help students with specific problems at school. Great for teaching inventions, personal finance with profits, losses and etc
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4th - 8th
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Financial Literacy Credit Score & Credit Report Project (with Google Slides™)
You can purchase this product with other consumer math and personal finance activities and projects in a BUNDLE:Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects BUNDLEAlso includes Google Classroom™ and Easel Activity version in addition to the original print-friendly version!**************************************************************************************This product about Credit Scores and Credit Reports contains many activities meant for middle school and high school studen
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Consumer Math and Financial Literacy Activities & Projects GROWING BUNDLE
5th Grade Problem Solving for Advanced Math Learners, 20 Weeks of Enrichment!
Twenty weeks of 5th grade math challenge math problems! Twenty sets of challenging no-prep 5th Grade enrichment math problems that will challenge your most advanced math learners. The problems are great for early finishers, gifted students, or for whole group math problem solving challenges. Print and go math enrichment!Great for distance learning as well.A great way to promote critical thinking problem solving skills and challenge all of your math learners.I've included a wide variety of probl
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5th
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Also included in:Â Gifted Math Resource Bundle! Hundreds of Advanced Math Problems!
Christmas Logic Puzzles, Holiday Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Number Problems
Fun, holiday (Christmas) themed logic puzzles, brainteasers, word puzzles and more. Brain exercises for the holiday that students love. Twelves challenging and fun puzzles to keep your students thinking right up to holiday break. I have included an array of challenging activities such as logic problems, word puzzles, number puzzles brain teasers and trivia! Print and Go Holiday Fun!Excellent and challenging holiday Christmas fun! All new products in my store are 50% off the first 24 hours. Be
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Christmas Bundle: Nine Reading, Math and Writing Resources
Ecosystem Area & Perimeter Project | Project Based Learning
This ecosystem project is perfect for integrating area, perimeter, geometry, and STEM learning in your science classroom! Students work through a series of steps, including research, to design and build a model of their own ecosystem zoo!This project focuses not only on ecosystems, but allows for research on a specific animal too! You can split your class and half research an animal for the zoo, while the other half prepare the ecosystem piece. Either way, students are sure to learn a lot whi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Math Activities BUNDLE
Back to School Mystery Readers' Theater: Crack the codes! PDF and Digital Easel
Are you looking for an engaging reading activity to do on those first few weeks of school? Check out this mystery Readers' Theater script that contains parts for 25 readers! The Readers’ Theater script is set in a classroom during the first week of school.Codes are written right into the script. Your students will be directly involved in solving this mystery right along with the characters in the script! Your students will "crack the codes" at the conclusion of each scene. By the time your stude
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Readers' Theater BUNDLE: A set of 32 Scripts
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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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