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Social studies Common Core 3.MD.C.5 resources
Gardening Project for Kids | Project Based Learning Project
Wanting to start a garden with your class? In Project Based Learning Gardening students plan a garden and experience a scarcity of space. Students use the PACED Decision Making Guide to decide what they should plant. If you don’t have a garden area you may choose to set your space as a beach towel. Students will take the seed packages and measure the amount of space each plant will take. Students may use enlarged photos of plants to place on the beach towel to help them make their final decisi
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Bundle
NO PREP! Hands-On Map Skills and Geography Project
Skip the lecture and get your students thinking and moving!
Start your geography unit off right with this fun and engaging activity! This inquiry-based lesson helps learn the parts of a map and their purpose and gives them real world practice in creating their own!
This interdisciplinary activity not only teaches your students geographic skills, it integrates Common Core Math Standards, as well. Students will be measuring, determining an appropriate real world-to-map ratio, calculating ratio
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3rd - 9th
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Dream Bedroom Makeover- Math, Area, & Budgeting Project
***2024 Update: Items have increased in price since I made this. You might want to consider giving a higher budget***Great low-prep resource for a budgeting project. Students receive $1,000 to redo their bedroom. They get to go to IKEA and purchase furniture, but MUST stay in the budget. Students will have to use addition and subtraction skills, reasoning, and must know area and perimeter. This is a great project for Math or Social Studies during an economics unit. Features:34 slides in 6 partsI
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4th - 7th
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Compass Rose and Map Scale Treasure Hunt Activity / Distance Learning
Engage your students in this fun map adventure! By having them find the treasure, students will use the map scale and the compass rose. With this interactive Treasure Hunt, students will be able to practice their cardinal and intermediate directions, as well as measuring distance. This game has a drag and drop feature to help them find the desired location. This set of Google Slides allows for whole group work or individual practice. You can do this in the physical classroom or you can assign it
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3rd - 6th
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Project-Based Archaeological Dig
Engaging project your students/kids will never forget. This CROSS CURRICULAR, HANDS-ON, REAL-WORLD activity simulates an ARCHAEOLOGY DIG outside or in. Students use PLANNING, PROBLEM SOLVING, CRITICAL THINKING, and RESEARCH skills as they become archaeologists and feel like detectives solving a mystery. Perfect for Indoor Classrooms, Outdoor Classrooms, Home School, or Family Fun. This resource can be used with many Social Studies Units of study such as civilizations, tribes, cultures, or time
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Archaeology: Hands-On and Integrated Learning BUNDLE
Hands-On Map Skills--Create a Map Powerpoint and Project
Tired of using worksheets to teach map skills? Get your students up and moving with an activity that is sure to engage them!
This is a social studies project that has cross-curricular connections to Common Core Math Standards. It starts with a slideshow to facilitate class discussion.
Concepts covered in this lesson include:
* Key map features
* Using a map key/legend
* Understanding a map scale
* Reading a compass rose
* Cardinal directions
Then, students are introduced to their project w
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Plan A Camping Trip *Printable & Digital* PBL
A printable fun filled multidisciplinary project that will challenge students through real-life experiences. Have you ever been on a camping trip? You don't just wing it and go, do you? No, you spend countless hours planning, researching, packing, and setting up activities with a set budget you must adhere too. With this project students will get a first hand experience planning a camping trip, just like we do in real life. Use this as an early finisher project or to review math concepts. You c
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2nd - 5th
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Spring Break FACTS CLOSE READING 5 LEVELED PASSAGES Main Idea Fluency Check TDQs
LEVELED PASSAGES! CHOOSE EACH STUDENT'S READING LEVEL. ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE SAME CONTENT, VOCAB, AND QUESTIONS!ALL READERS COVERED! INFORMATIONAL TEXT:Differentiated Curriculum 5 levels Main IdeaFluency CheckClose ReadingTDQ's(REAL)Picture with Annotation and ELA QuestionEXTRA TDQ's Sheet to print on the backSAME CONTENT/SAME VOCABALL-ON-ONE SHEET TO Save Time and Paper!Print-N-GoNO FLUFF-Save printer inkELA aligned and LISTEDUse for HW, whole/individual instruction, handoutsPerfect file for s
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2nd - 5th
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Map Skills - Compass Rose - Cardinal Direction - Finding Area
Map SkillsThese activities work great for grades 1-4 beginning map skills. It supports students in using cardinal directions, creating maps, and finding area.This ties in great with social studies and math standards.This is a PDF file and includes:• 2 Classroom Mapping Options• 1 Bedroom Mapping• 3 Blank Mapping Options• 2 Finding Area Activities• Compass Rose Cut & PasteTo see more amazing products from my store, follow me here!When you leave a review, you'll earn 1 credit for every $1 you
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K - 5th
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Common Core Aligned Greek Mythology Unit
This engaging and rigorous unit is cross curricular and highly engaging for students and teachers. The unit includes activities in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies that are literacy based. The 26 page unit plan includes:
-Book Lists
-Activity Descriptions
-Graphic Organizers
-Worksheets
-A Grammar Mini-lesson section
Students and teachers will be able to explore Greece, Mythology, and even the Olympics in fun ways!
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Amusement Park Design Project: A project to review 3rd grade math standards
This project will have your students highly engaged in designing an amusement park. They will also be reviewing all standards/concepts taught in 3rd grade math! This is modeled from the Florida Standards, but they are extremely close to Common Core, so will work for most!! Also included is a rubric to score their work.
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3rd - 4th
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Shop 'til You Drop: A Money, Graphing & More Project-Based Learning Math Project
Shop 'til You Drop is a project-based learning math project that incorporates a wide array of standards in one cumulative project that my students always love! Students learn the basics of entrepreneurship as they choose business partners and work together to develop their own "store"! After a "class store" day where students can "purchase" items from their classmates' stores, students use their sales records to create graphs displaying their sales data! Included in the file:-Action Plan checkli
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2nd - 5th
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Third Grade Homeschooling Curricula
Download features:This is an outline, or pace calendar, where learning coaches will align their resources to meet Third Grade expectations. These are not worksheets, but guides for each subject, from what student(s) will learn in each unit, how many weeks need to be spend per unit, what type of knowledge and skills must be transmitted to the student to gain experience and pass third grade without sacrificing educational value. Easy to use and integrate on any calendar with any resource. Resource
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3rd
3rd Grade Morning Work - Quarter 2 (ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies)
This Morning Work pack provides 45 spiral reviews with ample practice to allow students successful mastery of important 3rd Grade standards. Each day contains ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies practice aligned with Common Core Standards. Graphs are provided for easy use for parent conferences, intervention meetings, student self-assessment, and teacher assessment. Each subject has an end-of-quarter review quiz for students to demonstrate what they have learned. The science and social studie
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3rd
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Area and Perimeter Book Activity
Enhance your students' learning experience of area and perimeter with this engaging and interactive area and perimeter activity, designed as the perfect companion when reading the story, "Spaghetti and Meatballs for All".Using books to help introduce new math concepts, like area and perimeter, is a great way to engage students and get the ready to learn. This activity is tailored to help your students understand how the area and perimeter change throughout the story. The pack includes a series
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Area and Perimeter Bundle: Worksheets, Games, Task Cards, and a Anchor Chart
Noah's Ark Elementary Fun Pack
Are you bothered by the "cute" ark pictures in most books? Pictures of arks that can't hold more than 10 animals??? :( ME TOO!This is the reason I have created this product as well as the Middle School Noah's Ark product you can see here!Do you want your kids to understand what the Bible really says about the size of the ark? Do you want to teach your kids:Language artsReadingWritingSpellingCritical thinkingGeographyMath While studying the theme of Noah's Ark and the Biblical Flood?Then this The
Grades:
PreK - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â Noah's Ark Elementary, Middle School, and High School Project Bundle
The COVID-19 Area and Perimeter STEAM Project
This is an open-ended STEAM task focusing mainly on area, perimeter, writing, 3D shapes, and problem-solving. I have used it with my students as a summative assessment task but also adapted some portions of it to use as pre-assessments on area and perimeter. Students are encouraged to work collaboratively, in groups of 2 to 4. They are presented with a scenario in which they are the engineers and architects tasked with designing a new and better world during the Covid-19 pandemic. As they build
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3rd - 5th
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The Royal Show Class Fair planning pack
Use these resources to have your students practice their reading for meaning, mapping and drawing skills or to assess their progress. These templates have been designed to be used with minimal preparation and enable skill practice, dialogue, student centred learning and an insight into your students thoughts, feelings and levels of achievement. These resources will provide you with opportunities to provide integrated learning and authentic assessment as students complete a comprehensive challeng
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3rd - 6th
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Area & Perimeter Activity Bundle - Task Cards, Writing, and Arts Enrichment
Welcome to the world of imagination and discovery with our Create-Your-Own Amusement Park: Area & Perimeter Activity Bundle! This comprehensive package empowers students to become the masterminds behind their own amusement park. Through a captivating collection of 20 task cards, inventive writing exercises, and an artistic enrichment project focused on sign design, students will immerse themselves in the realms of area and perimeter while actively participating in the creation of their dream
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Also included in:Â 4th Grade: Math Modules 1 - 7 Task Card Bundle
Area, Rectilinear Area, Perimeter Application Project
Have your students dive into a real-world experience having their own lawn company. They must find the area of each yard (customer), and multiply the area by the cost per square yard ($10). This will cover the cost of mowing each lawn. Then they need to find the total to bill each customer. The numbers in the middle of the rectangles are simply house numbers. They will also calculate the perimeter because edging comes as a service in their lawn business. The cost per yard is $2. Use the separate
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Financial Math Remodeling Project
Over the course of a few weeks, students will remodel a bathroom or kitchen. They're given a floor plan and responsible for determining measurements, selecting contractors, and designing the space. Students are also bound to a budget and must calculate a hard money loan down payment and the return on investment.
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6th - 12th
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Winning At The Money Game: Basketball - PBL - Financial Literacy 3rd-12th grade
Looking for the perfect PBL Financial Literacy lesson that engages students in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question? Try Winning At The Money: Basketball - PBL #1-4. In this free 26-page booklet students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire transferable knowledge. Below is an example of our student objectives from one of our lessons.Students will be able to:Locate different videos or articles on how to make a basketball court in your backyard
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Third Grade Report Card
Third grade report grade that includes every standard in ELA, Math, Social Studies and Science.
Grades:
3rd
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- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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