I’ll be honest with you – I was a student who REALLY struggled with math in school. I couldn’t see how it applied to every-day life or other learning subjects. I know that if my teachers had provided me with this tool growing up, it would have been a GAME-CHANGER. I created this math tool
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 Bundle for the Year! Please see the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included in this loaded resource! All of the hard work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages, and let your students make the decisions in this fun Start a Restaurant Project Based Learning Unit! You can use the entire packet for a longer project time-frame, or pick and choose the components that work best for your classroom and schedule. I've even provided some bonus banners for you to use on a bulletin board display. This engaging Restaurant PBL includes: • Unit Guide for Teachers • Planning the Restaurant • Restaurant Supplies • Name and Design It (Outside View) • Name and Design It (Inside View) • Popular Restaurant Themes • Shopping List • Choose a Good Cause • Restaurant Selfies • Scrumptious Snapshots • Text Messaging • Instagram Time • An Award Winning Dish • The Dining Playlist • Mapping Your Restaurant Floor Plan (map skills, map key, spatial awareness) • Restaurant Menu (Create a menu using printable template) • Menu Math • A Restaurant Advertisement (Persuasive Writing) • Scoring Rubrics • More! You might also be interested in these other reading and PBL resources: Design a Haunted House PBL Plan a Thanksgiving Parade PBL Plan a Road Trip PBL Plan a Road Trip PBL How Chocolate is Made Close Reading Packet The History of Chocolate Close Reading Packet Don't forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love that feedback! Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded. New products are always 50% off for the first 24 hours they are posted. It pays to follow me! As always, please contact me with any questions! Thank you, Shelly Rees
How to plan collaborative project-based learning activities in the math classroom. Check out these engaging PBL ideas for 3rd grade students!
Engage your middle school math students with this hands-on surface area and volume project! Great for back-to-school or end-of-unit review!
Need an enagaging, real-world math project? This post shows how your students can create a dog business of their own using the four operations.
Math art projects will get kids creative while also teaching them mathematical concepts. Fun ideas for children of all ages and skill levels.
Students will be performing rigid transformations: reflections, rotations, and translations. There are 3 activities: (1) Students will determine the type of transformation that was performed and color the hearts according to the color key code, (2) capture the lovebugs by performing transformations, and (3) a harder version of capturing the lovebugs by performing transformations.
UPDATED 2021- If you have already purchased you may download again for the updates! I created this project as a fun, interactive way for students to practice and review geometry vocabulary and concepts! This is a great project to use at the end of a geometry unit, review for testing, or end of the year activity. Students will use geometric shapes and follow the directions to create a new town. To help differentiate, I created two different sets of instructions, student checklists, and scoring guides. Included with the activity: - 1 direction set for students with a basic understanding of geometry concepts - 1 direction set for students with a deeper level of understanding of geometry concepts - 2 student checklists for students to review their project - 2 itemized scoring guides based on individual directions of the project - 1 scoring guide that assesses the overall project organization, concept knowledge, and work habits Concepts reviewed on basic level directions: Parallel Lines Perpendicular Lines Intersecting lines Triangles Quadrilaterals Pentagons Rhombuses Rectangles Trapezoid Squares Concepts reviewed on the deeper-level directions: Identifying and drawing: Parallel Lines Perpendicular Lines Intersecting lines Lines Circles Triangles- right, isosceles, acute Quadrilaterals – rhombus, rectangles, squares, parallelogram, trapezoid Pentagons Lines of symmetry Draw and measure: Right angles Acute angles Obtuse angles
Throughout the school year, I know I would often find myself scrambling for ways to keep my students engaged in their learning and jazz up our classroom routine. As the sun starts shining brighter and summer is in the air, students are restless, and so are we... but the show must go on! Learning must continue, but can be done in an engaging and fresh way with hands on, creative project based learning resources! Grab a few of these PBL project ideas to finish out the year and enjoy watching your students engage in their learning and demonstrate their hard earned skills!
Explore learning the important geometry terms while working on this geometry map project that's hands-on, engaging, and integrates social studies!
A fun, processed based Fibonacci art project for kids. Great for S.T.E.A.M. learning at home or at school.
If you need STEM projects ideas, this is THE place to go! This is a collection of over 200 STEM projects and activities that kids love!
How to plan collaborative project-based learning activities in the math classroom. Check out these engaging PBL ideas for 3rd grade students!
I am fascinated by the golden rectangle and the fibonacci series of numbers there are so many amazing patterns in math. If only I had learned or cared more about that as a kid I
Integrate math and art with these symmetrical pattern coloring cards. This is a great math art project that kids love doing!
The end of the school year is the perfect time to incorporate real world math and engaging activities. I love using projects to keep students focused the last few weeks of school. Below are some o…
How to plan collaborative project-based learning activities in the math classroom. Check out these engaging PBL ideas for 3rd grade students!
classroom tips, teaching ideas & resources for teaching high school math
Bring art and math together with this fun tessellation art project. It’s a great way to explore patterns, tiling, and geometry!
From "Perimeter People" to Cheez-It squares, there are lots of fun ways to learn.
One of my favorite things I do at the end of the year is the Favorite Number Project. This is such a great and easy project for students to do to show what they’ve learned all year long. This project can easily be changed for younger or older grades too. So much fun! Here is ... Read more
These 5 geometry projects for middle or high school are a great alternative assessment for your student. Project-based learning is so important to...
I’ll be honest with you – I was a student who REALLY struggled with math in school. I couldn’t see how it applied to every-day life or other learning subjects. I know that if my teachers had provided me with this tool growing up, it would have been a GAME-CHANGER. I created this math tool
Real life math lessons are key to helping students see the connections between in class lessons and real life.
Have you been looking for the perfect project based learning curriculum? If you've been on the lookout for a game-changing approach to captivate your upper elementary students and ignite a passion for learning, you're in for a treat! Buckle up as we dive into the world of project-based learning (PBL) – the secret sauce to turning mundane lessons into exciting adventures.
A round up of over 15 great STEAM projects – where math concepts are used to make pieces of art!
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Math and Art are no strangers, as these Math Art Activities for Kids show! Be ready to be mesmerized by how even Math can look gorgeous!
The end of the school year is the perfect time to incorporate real world math and engaging activities. I love using projects to keep students focused the last few weeks of school. Below are some o…
Okay before we start digging into these Get to Know You activities I want to share a little bit of the “why”. When I first started teaching 5th grade math a few years ago I noticed right away that my students were coming to me with some math baggage, if you will. Both good and… Continue reading Getting to Know Your Students as Math Learners
Let your students work together with this Collaborative Class Project, perfect for reviewing your fractions unit! Students will work together to run a donut shop, all while fulfilling customer orders using their knowledge of fractions. This is a great project for the end of your frations unit or an end of the year math project! Each student will be responsible for fulfilling a customer's order using fractions. They'll follow the directions on their sheet to design the donuts to meet the customer's order. Once students have completed their donut boxes you'll add them all to the hallway, a white board, or butcher paper to create a display! As an extension, students can even find and record the fractions of other students' donut boxes. WHAT YOU'LL GET: 30 different customer order sheets Templates for the donut box and donuts Recording sheets for students to record the fractions of their donut box Donut Shop recording sheets for students to record the fractions of other donut boxes "Donut Shop" poster to add to your display! ⭐ Save 20% by grabbing the BUNDLE of Collaborative Projects! More Fractions resources: • Fractions Math Craft • Fractions Craft | Partitioning Shapes Math Activity • Fractions Enrichment Choice Board • Fractions Math Center Activities for 2nd Grade • Fractions and Arrays Hands-On Activities
Want to teach students how to turn fractions to percentages…while also engaging them? In this blog, I’ll show you how you can use an art quilt lesson to help your students with fractions and converting to percentages.
Magnet painting is science and art wrapped up in a colorful package. And it's a simple set-up project too. STEAM (Sci/Tech/Eng/Art/Math) at it's easiest.
A collection free math cheat sheet pdf printables that can be given to students for their math notebooks or enlarged into anchor charts.
Do you have at least one to two weeks left of school? Do you want your students ENGAGED in school until the end?? If you said YES, then there is a Math Game Board Project for you and your students! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD This is seriously, hands down the best way to end the school year with your students. Every year I end with the End of Year Math Game Board Project is a happy year for my students and I. I am able to pack up my room, finish grading, and I don't have to stay after school. Kids are engaged, they loved making the board games, and the rubrics make it easy for everyone to get an A (which also helped in grading)!! Creative Original Student Made Teacher Reviews "This is a fantastic resource! Thank you so much! Can't wait to use it again this year!" -Alissa "My students loved this!" -Nicole "This helped keep the kids engaged during that tough time of year!" -Lyndsay "Awesome activity! My students' creativity shined in this assignment." -Jeanna "Thank you for this resource. It is excellent. My students took advantage of it. Perfect end of the year project!" -Teacher "Students loved this. It was the perfect way to end the year on an educational but fun note." -Teacher "Students loved this." -Michelle "This was so much fun. My stents got competitive on their games and now I have some for next year!!!!" -Teacher "This activity saved me with 8th graders the last few weeks of school." -Wendy This project saved and helped many teachers finish strong and kept the students ENGAGED. I have even had past students come back to my room at the end of the year BEGGING me to play one of the board games. How cool is that? Students asking to visit your classroom and play educational games? Yes! Truly the best way to end your school year. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD I hope this End of Year Project is a HIT in your classroom too! Just remember for the end of the year it's all about keeping those students ENGAGED until the last minute. Happy Teaching!
Graphing comes to life with fun paper airplane math activity! Create, fly, collect data, & use technology for serious learning.
Explore learning the important geometry terms while working on this geometry map project that's hands-on, engaging, and integrates social studies!
I love finding first day of school math activities! These back to school activities are perfect for middle school or high school math.
Project based learning can help you transform your 3rd grade geometry unit into the most memorable math unit of the school year. Your students are going to love applying their knowledge about the characteristics of quadrilaterals as they complete the project Quadrilateral City! Rather than spending time on worksheet after worksheet trying to memorize the […]
This is an amazing art and math lesson that I got from a teacher at a conference who did teach a district over from me, but is now getting her PhD. She always had amazing stuff to present at conference. (You're amazing, Mary Franco!) Anyway, this lesson involves Paul Klee and multiplication. I made a little three page Smart Notebook lesson about Klee's work "Once Emerged From the Gray of Night" (where I used to show a poster of it) and have the students talk about what's more important--the words of the poem or the colors and composition? Then we talk about putting two things (like writing and art, or math and art together). It's SUCH an amazing lesson, here's a sneak peek: So, students get a little background knowledge of Klee, then we talk about tessellations and multiplication (and practice on the Smart Board). Then, students get a page of one-inch graph paper and write out a one digit by one digit multiplication problem with a two digit answer. I tell them to choose one that's hard for them to remember, or their favorite one. They then repeat that problem seven times, dropping down and over one square for 4 times, then down and back a square for three times, making them into interlocking tessellation shapes: After they've drawn it all out in pencil and I've checked it, they choose ONE color of fine-tip marker to trace it with, then use colored pencil or watercolor pencil to color. The coloring is a bit of a challenge for them, because they need to forget that they're numbers and only look at the space. They then color it in patterns/designs to make it visually interesting and play with people's minds ('math? I dont' see any math!') It's an awesome lesson that really challenges their thinking. This one really shows the patterns and designs. Oh, it's also important that their numbers COMPLETELY fill the one inch box of the graph paper. I always try to do this lesson at a time of the year when classroom teachers are complaining about students not remembering their math facts. I usually do it with fifth grade, but I did it with sixth one year at the teachers' request.
