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4th grade decimals research
It's My Life Real World Math Application Project 4th 5th 6th Grade
There’s nothing better than having your students practice their math skills through real-world projects! In this project students will get to choose their future life. From everything to their profession, home, vehicle, entertainment, meal plan, etc. Through their choices, they will have to calculate and balance their monthly budget. This project requires students to add and subtract whole numbers as well as decimals (hundredths place). Whenever I assign this project to students it always “opens
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4th - 6th
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Project Based Learning Math - Science Research - Open a Candy Store
Sweeten your curriculum with this Open a Candy Store Project Based Learning activity! We all love candy, and in this unit, students will put their math and science skills to use as they open their very own candy store. Students will use their imaginations to design their shop and invent a candy recipe. They will love showing their designs to classmates and parents.I have included a graphic organizer for growth mindset during this PBL unit. I have designed this Open a Candy Store resource to be c
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Project Based Learning - Economics Bundle - Entrepreneurship and Economics
Real World Math Project Based Learning: Adopt A Pet
One of my favorite things to do is show kids how what they learn in school matters in the real world! Students will use critical thinking, research, problem solving, and math skills to complete this project.
Kids are always talking about wanting pets and this project will help them think about everything that goes into adopting a new furry family member! This would work great for an extension, real world math center, or as a whole group or partner project.
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* Decimals and mone
4th grade Decimal Word Problems - comparing, place value, addition, subtraction
Use these 4th grade dice games as a fun way to practice decimal word problems. Students will compare decimals, identify place value and practice addition and subtraction with decimals. These no-prep math activities engage students in their learning. You could use decimal dice games as a center or in a small group or for partner work or independent work. They could even be used as fun homework assignment to practice word problems with decimals. Students will roll the dice and then answer th
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4th
Math & ELA Project: A Day at the Bronx Zoo
OVERVIEW:A real life, differentiated math and ELA project that asks 4th graders to plan and budget a day at the Bronx Zoo. This project was made to be a companion for the picture book, Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper, but it can also be done as a stand-alone project at anytime.Want a Closer Look? Download the preview to see exactly what is included and what each tasks asks students to do. This resources is very little prep (just making one packet per stud
Plan a Trip Decimals and Budget Project
This document is a project I did with my students to help them add, subtract, and multiply decimals, as well as stay within a given budget. Students were charged with doing research online to complete this project. Included are:-a space to define "budget"-trip planning pages with organizers for flight, accommodations, food, activity, and souvenir costs-a to-do list for putting their finalized project together (on Google Slides, though this can, of course, be changed)-a rubric-PLUS an extension p
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3rd - 6th
Numbers in Base Ten Project- The Ultimate Family Vacation
This is a differentiated project for helping students understand place value and decimals to the nearest hundredth. It also helps students build financial literacy. Students research and calculate the cost of a dream vacation- including flights, hotels, entrance fees, and meals. They then create a short presentation for the class. There are four differentiated options. -Students who have limited skills may simply research the cost of a trip to Disneyland.-Students who have better skills may
A Pet for Patrick Math Project (PBL)
In this small group (or independent) project, students research and calculate the cost of owning a pet. Math skills used include adding, multiplying and dividing whole numbers, decimals, and/or fractions. Writing skills and critical thinking is integrated by having student choose what items to purchase, where to purchase them at the best cost, and create reasons to persuade Patrick's parents to allow him to get a pet.
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4th - 6th
The Cost of Growing Up: A Biblical and career focused personal finance project
This product has been created as an editable Word document. Understanding what it takes to make a budget work and being a good steward of the blessings God has bestowed on you can be somewhat difficult if you’ve never done it before. Now, here’s your chance. This project will require you to think about the things that you want for yourself as you get older such as a house, car, etc. It will also assist you in figuring out how you will be able to afford those items as well as other typical bills
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4th - 7th
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Million Dollars from Aunt Matilda
This project is a basic covering of financial literacy, that allows students to explore purchases of their choice within limits. It is a lot of fun. My students love getting to research and dream about their futures. To do thouroughly, it should be done for about 2 weeks, but can be changed a bit to cover a shorter period of time. Students research careers leading to their choice college, purchase a vehicle, go on a dream vacation, buy a house, make a charitable donation, and invest in their f
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4th - 8th
Planning a Vacation Project - Authentic Task
Planning a vacation Project is a partner research project perfect for the end of the year! Students research a location (either chosen by them or given by you), and they follow the outline provided. Students will research the costs for transportation, meals, accommodations, sight-seeing, and any other incidental. Make it even better by giving the students a budget, the manner in which they will get to their destination, or how long their trip will be. Math is integrated by asking the students to
Food Truck PBA (ELA & Cross-Curricular)
In this high-interest PBA students will collaborate in groups to create a food truck based on the book Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson. This is an ELA focused assignment focusing on SETTING, THEME, and CHARACTER TRAITS. However students will also have an opportunity to develop researching skills and important social emotional skills. Furthermore, there is an option to included to incorporate math through "meal tickets" (decimal computation). A Food Critic extension is also provided for h
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4th - 6th
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100th day of school - no prep money/research activity
Hi!This is a simple, straightforward mini-research project for upper-level elementary students. I found most 100th day of school activities were geared toward younger learners. This activity provides a framework (and an opportunity for class discussion) to discuss minimum wage, the value of a dollar, and how far 100 dollars will get you in terms of what students typically want to buy. Students research the prices of products they would like to buy and use decimal addition and money sense to come
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4th - 5th
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Project Based Learning: Winter Bizarre
Students will work together (or alone) to create a business. Packet includes budgeting, designing advertisements, brainstorming, business plan and much more!
Decimals Scavenger Hunt
This scavenger hunt project requires students to locate 22 items containing decimals. Students use the internet, newspapers and magazines to locate items, as well as find household items that contain decimals (cover of a box of cereal). Supplemental, optional, and culminating activities are listed. Activities are also suggested for individualizing activity for student needs.
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3rd - 6th
Road Trip Project with measurement and decimals
This is one of my students' favorite projects every year!
The students plan a road trip. They calculate gas costs, mileage, hotel costs, etc. while choosing any place in the U.S. and the activities they will do in that city.
Included are the step-by-step instructions, all necessary webpage addresses to research, a graphic organizer, an example project, and a pacing guide.
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4th - 6th
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Life Project Power Point
I do this on Google Slides and share it with the class via Google Classroom. If you do not use Classroom, you can still upload to your Google Drive, share a view only link with the kids, and have them click "file" then "make a copy" so that they have their own copy. I usually introduce one slide a day on a class example slide. This project involves the kids finding out what possible careers they are interested in and good at, and then researching salary, prices of cars, homes or apartments, util
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4th - 8th
Barbeque Math
Barbeque Math aligned to the 5th grade Common Core Objectives. There are a variety of ways to complete the unit and therefore can be used as a project or assessment. Barbeque Math may be used as a Response to Intervention or review for the Middle School. This may also be used as advanced work for intermediate students.
This unit contains:
A page of Common Core Standards Aligned
Step by Step instructions
Follow-Up Questions
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4th - 6th
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Shopping Project with decimal operations
Students will go online shopping to choose gifts to buy for friends and family.
They will find the subtotals, tax amounts, and grand totals of the gifts they choose.
Included are the step-by-step instructions, an example project, a pacing guide, and the grading rubric.
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4th - 6th
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Partner Playground Planning Project - 5 levels with Whole numbers & Decimals
The entire class will research, design, and calculate the costs for designing a playground.
Students work in groups of 2-4 and they are each assigned a specific element of the playground. (There are 5 differentiated levels of tasks and assignments.) . Each group has a different set of questions/calculations based on their abilities and playground element.
Math: Scope and Sequence for Fraction and Decimal Instruction
Understand why it is important to teach as the patterns present themselves in math.
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PreK - 8th
Decimal Reading
Incorporate decimals with reading. Have students listen or read about Jesse Owens and see the importance of decimal places.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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