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5th grade measurement resources for GATE
Leap Day Math Stations - Leap Year 2024 Math Activities & Games
The following Leap Day math stations and activities are perfect for Leap Day on February 29! Differentiated skill options are provided for BOTH LOWER GRADES AND UPPER GRADES!Each math activity or game is designed to be used with plastic frog flip toys, which can be ordered on Amazon and found at some party stores.SUGGESTED FROGSOTHER FROG OPTION***No frog toys? No problem!You can also use the included paper frogs with instructions.Students should work with partners or small groups of up to 6 st
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1st - 5th
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Create Your Own Dream House Project - Using Area & Perimeter
This project requires students to design a dreamhouse using graph paper (provided in this resource). Once students have designed their dreamhouse they are then asked to find the area and perimeter of all objects in their house. I have provided a list of suggestions and student-friendly directions. This is a fun project that will get kids motivated about practicing area and perimeter concepts. Included in this download are the following:-Teacher Directions/Helpful Hints-Student Directions-Student
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3rd - 6th
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Fidget Spinner STEM Challenge Activities and Science Experiment
The ORIGINAL Fidget Spinner Stem Challenge & Science Lab! Discover the science of fidget spinners with this engaging and low-prep STEM activity. Practice scientific method with an exploration of variables, data collection, graphing, mean/average, and more...all while having fun!This self-paced, fidget spinner activity is print-and-go. Each activity sheet guides students through the project. STEM Challenge Overview:Students will use the included visual directions, graphic organizers, chart
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3rd - 6th
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Design a Cube City...a study in volume!
Students use isometric dot paper to draw 3-D buildings and design their own cube cities. This project is a great culmination to any study in volume.
Contents:
1. Teaching Notes
2. Student Sheets:
*Learn to Draw Cubes and Rectangular Prisms
*Draw Rectangular Prisms practice sheet
*Design a Mini Metropolis instruction sheet
*Metropolis Information Sheet, a table to collect information on volume and cost (3 options are included so teachers can select the one that best fits their students' needs:
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4th - 6th
Build a Mini Golf Course: Learn Geometry Vocabulary with Real World Math Project
If your students are struggling to memorize and learn geometry vocabulary, this project will give them real life application, committing those tricky terms to memory! Once students design, draw and build their golf course, there is no need for geometry flashcards anymore, the experience leads to deep learning of the vocabulary. In this math project students design mini golf course holes on paper, buy supplies, and build their design as a model to help them memorize all that tricky geometry vocab
STEM Activities for the Makerspace with Building Bricks like LEGO®️
The *perfect* makerspace task cards for building bricks! Reusable, print-and-go STEM mats encourage critical thinking skills and creativity, while providing hands-on building opportunities and practical math practice.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Lego engineering is the most favored activity in my second grade class. These mats are incredible. I pair up the students and give them each a tub of Legos and a mat. I just dumped all of the same colored blocks in a plastic food container and each color goes with a certai
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K - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: STEM Activities and Makerspace Tasks for the Whole Year
Customary Conversions Measurement Task Cards | Capacity and Weight Word Problems
Put your students to work solving the Farmers' Market Capacity and Weight Word Problems! Farmer Wayne and Jane are headed to the market with their farm goods. Unfortunately, they packaged all their fruits, vegetables, jams, jellies, and milk in containers of one size. Customers want to buy goods in different sizes and amounts. Farmer Wayne and Jane need your students to help to make sure customers get the amount they want to buy.Included in Customary Conversions Measurement Task Cards:✔ 8 basic
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4th - 6th
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Volume City - Second Edition
The resource is a perfect addition to the original volume city. Most teachers find that it's more challenging than the original as students are required to fit the building to certain perimeter and area dimensions. Also, each unit square is considered 20 feet. Students need to have a strong understanding of area and perimeter, as well as square feet, before attempting this activity. |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|There
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Geometry and Measurement Bundle - Grades 2-6 Worksheets
February STEM STEAM Challenge: President's Day Edition
President's Day is a great time to honor our founding fathers. And what better way to honor our first president than by building a new monument? Using the listed materials, students will create a presidential pillar so that Washington's portrait (a quarter) can balance on top.
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping
-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (diffe
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K - 5th
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Valentine's Day Math Project-based Learning: 5th grade standards
Fun Valentine's day Project-based learning (PBL) 5th grade! Help your students practice decimals, graphing, multiplication, and division. Includes Math concepts and links to other subject areas.This project will get them out of their seats, happily practicing the Math they've learned this year! Students will put their Math skills to work planning their very own Valentine's Day party, using the guests of their choosing. All of my project-based learning activities come with free e-mail support! Re
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Math Project Based Learning Bundle
January STEM STEAM Challenge: Snowman on Stilts
What could be more fun than building a snowman? How about building a snowman on stilts? With this STEAM challenge, your students will work to build the tallest free-standing snowman possible!
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping
-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (differentiated for grades K-2 or 3-5)
-- Open-ended writing page for follow-up or related
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K - 5th
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Winter Project Based Learning for 5th Grade: Plan a Holiday Party
Project-based learning (PBL) for Christmas, Winter, or December. Great for Common Core Math and other standards. Help your students practice decimal operations and more with this quality math project-based learning for 5th grade. It includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. Differentiation and student choice is built into all of my PBLs!No mention of Christmas in this product, but it can be used as a Christmas or just general winter holiday project!Are your students so excited abou
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5th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Math Project Based Learning Bundle
Halloween Math Project Based Learning: Plan a Halloween Party
Great Halloween Activity for October! Fantastic for Common Core Math. Spiral the math standards using this one week PBL for grades 3, 4, 5. Differentiation and student voice and choice is built in! It includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. Differentiation and student choice is built into all of my PBLs!Are your students so excited about Halloween that they can't seem to concentrate on their work? This project will get them out of their seats, happily practicing the Math they've
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Math Project Based Learning Bundle
Project Based Learning: Elapsed Time
This Field Trip PBL Task is a great project based learning experience for extending students' learning of the math concept: elapsed time.After teaching the students how to tell time to the minute and calculate elapsed time, they were presented with this real-world task which asked them to create a schedule for a 3rd grade field trip to Plimoth Plantation. To complete the project they needed to tell time to the minute, convert minutes/hours, calculate elapsed time and more.It was fun and engaging
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3rd - 5th
Project Based Learning: Plan A Party PBL
Project Based Learning: Plan A Party puts your students in the shoes of a party planner as they utilize their measurement and budgeting skills to plan a friend’s birthday party!
Plan A Party is a math project based learning activity (PBL) that results in creating a party for a friend, needing to budget, calculate area, calculate perimeter, convert U.S. customary measurements, and add decimals. Along the way, students will budget and make real-life decisions, all while practicing their vital mea
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3rd - 5th
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Baseball Math Enrichment Project
This is a real world enrichment project for those students who need some deeper work in mathematics. Students will use a variety of skills to complete this project including, research skills, elapsed time skills, measurement skills, and higher level thinking skills. This is a great way to provide differentiation in the classroom. There is a 3rd/4th grade packet and a 5th/6th grade packet included. This is great for gifted and talented students. It also can be a great family activity to work
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3rd - 6th
Open Ended Math Questions | Math Challenges with an Animal Theme
These open ended math questions will provide math challenges that your students will be excited to solve! These open ended questions are easy to differentiate and will promote questioning, estimation, strategies, communication and planning.Skills Include:questioningmaking an organized planusing a variety of strategiescommunicating resultsestimationaddition and multiplicationcreative thinkingproductive risk taking in mathWhat's Included:11 different open ended math challenge problems (PLUS- one b
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4th - 6th
Start a business - Pizza Parlor {STEAM activities}
Students will design and create a pizza parlor. With a focus on STEAM, they will be placed in small cooperative groups where they will start with a business plan, apply for a business loan, design a floor plan of their restaurant, create a menu, uniforms and a logo. Students will then create advertisements using print, radio and television ads. They will be faced with daily decisions and will need to a keep a balanced budget. Each cooperative group will be competing with the other groups for ear
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3rd - 6th
Claim Evidence Reasoning: "The Bad Dog Mystery" PPT
Students will be introduced to using Claim Evidence Reasoning to solve The Bad Dog Mystery. This step by step powerpoint allows students to make a Claim, review the Evidence, and lastly, determine their Reasoning with support. An evidence sheet is avialable for purchase to allow students to review their work and disucss thier findings with other students. This lesson allows students to analyze data, make measurements, and think critically. It is interactive and fun! Your students will enjoy
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1st - 5th
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Math & Art Project-Based Learning: Monet, Perimeter, Area,& Metric Measurement
Welcome to Monet Math! This 3 part-project is an interdisciplinary one that combines area, perimeter, metric linear measurement, art history, reading, research, and drawing and design. This investigation began when we posed the questions, “If we were going to design your own garden, how would we design it? What would we plant in our garden? What features would we include in your garden?”This product includes step-by-step directions for investigating Claude Monet, garden planning using centimete
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4th - 6th
Area and Perimeter Enrichment Activities
Area and Perimeter Enrichment Activities includes 15 higher order thinking activities designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These standards-based math tasks will help students to develop and extend their mathematical understanding in a fun, meaningful way. The enrichment activities are available as a printable PDF and
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3rd - 5th
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STEM Activity Challenges for Building Bricks
Calling all Lego® master builders! If you are looking for more advanced building challenges with bricks for your upper elementary through middle school students, I've got you covered.These STEM building tasks are perfect to use in STEM class, makerspaces, libraries, after school clubs, or for early finishers.Please note that this set has been designed for advanced learners or builders, or those who have already completed the basic set of STEM mats. These require higher order thinking skills, per
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
WHALES & Dolphins -- Cross-Curricular Adventure Upper Elementary and GATE
Use these activities as a supplement to your curriculum or stand-alone learning opportunities. Use them for advanced 3rd grade groups or 4th and 5th grades.
With this collection, you’ll get full explanations of the activities, ready-to-print activity sheets, templates, examples of student work, and photos so you are ready to go TODAY in your classroom!
Included in this collection are six activities to enhance your study of oceans, marine mammals, or whales. These activities are charged wi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Easter Jelly Bean Catapults: Exploring Forces and Motion!
Jelly Bean catapults is an awesome hands-on engineering project that can be used before, during, or after Easter. Students will learn about simple machines, specifically levers, as they explore, design, and test their Jelly Bean catapult. Students will also be given opportunities to modify their design and test for both distance and accuracy, allowing them to experience the Engineering Design Process. During this investigation students will learn about Newton's 1st Law of Motion and the relation
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2nd - 7th
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