6th Grade Math Projects

Do your students ever wonder when they will use their math in their real life? Well this project is for you! Party Planning is a project based math activity with real life scenarios. Students will use their knowledge of the 6th grade math core and prior math concepts to plan their own party. Some of the skills used in this activity are least common multiple, greatest common factor, percentages, unit fractions, multiplication, and more. Check out the preview to see more.

This project is perfect for the end of 6th grade for the students to put into practice what they learned all year in math. Party Planning has an array of different math exercises. It seamlessly integrates the 6th grade math curriculum with real-world scenarios, fostering a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts while igniting creativity. It could also be a great activity for the beginning of 7th grade math to refresh their memory of the skills they learned and will grow upon that year.

Join the Party Planning committee and:

• Use area to choose a venue
• Budget for the party food & buy the correct serving sizes based off their party size utilizing multiplication of decimals
• Practice unit price and percentages to calculate decorations for the party
• Apply their knowledge of greatest common factor and least common multiples to pick party favors for the guests
• Use absolute values to read and compare party game scores
• Interpret data and create their own box & whisker plots using mean, median, mode, quartiles, and extremes
• An optional final project with rubric presenting their party data to the principal

What exactly do you get?

• A brief instruction for the teacher to understand the project.
• A brief instruction for the student to understand their task
• A venue page
• Menu & budgeting (differentiated for your students needs)
• Party Decorations, Party Games, Party Favors, and Data Math Pages
• Rubric for Student to Create a presentation of their findings
• Answer keys for math pages

This project can be tailored to your student. You can give each student a different number of class size or you can have two students work together to find their answers. There are a lot of possibilities with this project and I hope you can find what works for you. This project includes 35 pages with answer keys. 26 of those pages are the project pages.

With this engaging activity & real world relevance, Party Planning turns your class into an immersive adventure where students get to become party planners and mathematicians.

What has been said about this product?

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐From Melissa Ball saying, "I used it this year as a year end review and liked it much better than just boring review like I did the year before. My students loved seeing the real world application of the math we had learned all year."

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Are you and your students dreaming of summer break? Why not engage them in this project-based learning activity and watch them light up with excitement about the possibilities of travel? Students are given a $5,000 budget and are tasked with planning their dream summer vacation. This resource has imperative soft skills embedded such as research, creating well-organized presentations, and budgeting.

Students are tasked with:

• Research: choosing a city and country and completing a country research section. Country research includes population, flag, food, music, famous native, safety, and more!
• Planning: choosing flights, lodging, and transportation
• Writing: blog entries and postcards home
• Organizing: creating an itinerary of activities within the given budget

This product is a 10 day project based learning experience focused on addition, subtraction, real-world problem solving, and word problems. This is a great way to help your students get to know each other better by working in small groups and give them the opportunity to practice using their skills with real world applications.

This unit includes:

• 10 day Unit Plan for instructor
• Instructors manual outlining the activities for each day
• Student Workbook
• PowerPoint Presentation to accompany daily lessons
• PowerPoint Game to review learning at end of unit

This project is a great way to give students the opportunity to work together and practice skills students will use in the real world, such as creating a list, using simple mental math, and creating a budget!

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This DIY hands-on project takes students through the process of collecting, sharing, representing and analyzing qualitative data. Students collect data on the brand, color and type of cars and then present their data in bar and circle graphs.

• Why are there so many white cars on the road?
• Why are some roads full of potholes?
• Which brand of car is the most popular in my town?

I have done this project multiple times, have "ironed out any administrative wrinkles" in the practical application of the project and it works every time. Students have a lot fun with the project. They take ownership of the project, since they collect the data themselves.

Qualitative Data, Bar Graphs, Line Graph, Circle Graph, Pie Chart, Statistics, Data, Histogram, Line Graph, Box-and-Whiskers Plot, Stem-and-Leaf Plot.

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The “What Will My Car Cost?” project allows students to build skills in Internet research and critical thinking as they research costs for a car and then compute and compare payment options using Microsoft Excel. First, students research the cost for two car options (one used and one new) and then compare financing and payment options for these using formulas in Microsoft Excel. The step-by-step directions were created for Microsoft Excel 2016, but could easily be used with earlier versions of the software. Editable templates and samples are provided for both Microsoft Excel 2016 and earlier versions (2007-2013).

The project was created for grades 7-8 but could easily be adapted for high school students.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher Notes and Resources

• Student Project Overview, Expectations & Rubric - Research & Excel Project

• Student Step-by-Step Guide - Excel Project

• MS Excel Template “What Will My Car Cost” Project for use in differentiation (Two Editable Microsoft Excel files with formulas – one for version 2016; one for earlier versions 2007-2013)

• Sample “What Will My Car Cost?” Project (Two Editable Microsoft Excel files with formulas – one for version 2016; one for earlier versions 2007-2013)

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The financial literacy project will help the students to gain financial knowledge and learn money management skills. This personal finance budgeting spreadsheet is perfect for middle school and high school students to develop financial planning skills and achieve their financial goals. This project will encourage the students to take right decision regarding their finances and promotes critical thinking. The Excel personal finance template is a great tool for students to organize their monthly bills. With the help of this budget template they will know where the money is going.

There are 17 tabs in this template which includes:

Instructions on how to use the template

Monthly budget- 12 months

Income Tracker

Expense Tracker

Bill Tracker

YTD Summary

This template is easy to use & all calculations are done for you.

How it works:

You will need Excel to use this template. Make sure you have it on your computer.

Instructions are provided on how to use the template.

Just save this template on your computer. Do not touch the formulas or delete any cells.

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Are you looking for a unit that crosses all curriculum borders? Are you looking for a unit that encompasses problem solving, journaling, team work and so much more!?!?!

This is a 10-15 day CROSS CURRICULUM lesson! It includes tasks from Math, LA, Science, Art, Social Studies, and more! There are two different videos that I have included.

The scenario: we have to leave Earth because of pollution. Students are part of the New Beginnings Mission and they must settle a colony on a new planet. Tasks include map making, decimal multiplication, scale drawings, team building, geometric drawings, research, measurement conversions, and more. It is presented in PowerPoint format. The first slide is an overview. All worksheets are included as slides that can be printed. There are also instructions included in the notes section of each slide.

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This Order of Operations Mystery Project will have your students excited to review Order of Operations using PEMDAS or GEMDAS! They will be solving 36 questions involving order of operations. They will get 6 clue sheets with 6 questions on each sheet. The answer choice leftover is the answer to that part of the mystery. They will fill in a storyline with their clues to see the whole mystery come together!

This project is the perfect print and go activity! There is a rubric included and an answer key. Grading couldn't be more simple.

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Topics Covered:

Clue 1: Addition & Subtraction

Clue 2: Multiplication & Division

Clue 3: Four Operations

Clue 4: Parentheses

Clue 5: Exponents

Clue 6: Mixed Operations

What you get:

1. 6 Clue Sheets with 6 questions on each sheet that answer the questions:

-What was stolen?

-Who took it?

-When did they take it?

-Where did they hide it?

-Who was their accomplice?

-Why did they take it?

2. A student workspace booklet

3. Fill in the blank storyline

4. Cover to decorate for your Mystery Project

5. Rubric

6. Answer Key

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With this money-saving bundle, your students will have all the basic integer operation practice they need to master adding integers. Included activities will reinforce your student's understanding, and help with differentiation.

This Product Includes:

- Adding Integers Mini Lesson and Worksheets

- Adding Integers Bingo

- Adding Integers Scavenger Hunt

How to Use this Product:

Day 1: Mini Lesson on Adding Integers + 3 worksheets

Day 2: Adding Integers Bingo

Day 3: Adding Integers Scavenger Hunt

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This project assesses students ability to draw rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids of given areas on a scaled grid. They will need to be able to use the area formulas to work backwards to find side lengths that fit the requirement for each animal and use the formulas to show that their area calculation is correct.

A detailed MYP Criterion D (Applying Mathematics in the Real World) Rubric is included.

I spent about 2 and a half 90 minute class periods on this project and many students needed to spend some time on it at home as well. I also included several days of activities I did to prepare my students for the skills they would need.

Are you looking for some engaging fall activities for your gifted and talented students? Get ready for some Halloween fun!

Halloween Word Ladders are perfect for anyone eager to boost their vocabulary while enjoying the fall season. These word ladders are an absolute blast! Think of them as your ladder to word mastery, starting from one word and climbing your way up, changing one letter at a time to reach a related word at the top!

A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch is a captivating activity that will engage your students in real world mathematics. This printable project addresses adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals, sticking to a budget, counting money, determining decimal combinations, planning a route, and determining a timeline —all in a fun situation.

Create a 3D Haunted House will engage your students in real world mathematics and allow them to have fun with an educational experience in disguise! Your students will use the materials provided to construct a three dimensional haunted house. With square, rectangle and triangle pieces, the possibilities are unlimited! They will then maximize their budget to create the spookiest house. After completion, they will calculate the angles of the roof, volume of the house, and the total surface area. They will have so much fun they won't even notice that they are applying advanced math concepts!

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This 7th Grade Geometry Mystery Project will have your students excited to review area, perimeter, surface area, volume and parallelogram angles! There is a printable and digital version of this project included! They will be solving 36 questions involving 7th grade geometry. They will get 6 clue sheets with 6 questions on each sheet. The answer choice leftover is the answer to that part of the mystery. They will fill in a storyline with their clues to see the whole mystery come together!

This project is the perfect print and go activity OR digital that will take 2-3 days to complete! There is a rubric included and an answer key. Grading couldn't be more simple.

Digital Version:

- your students will get a google slide link with the project pages imbedded in the background. They will solve the questions and type their answers in the already given text boxes and then drag a semi-transparent box over the final answer to each clue.

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Topics Covered:

Clue 1: Area

Clue 2: Perimeter (algebraic)

Clue 3: Volume of a Rectangular Prism

Clue 4: Surface Area

Clue 5: Area Puzzles

Clue 6: Parallelograms and Angles

What you get:

1. 6 Clue Sheets with 6 questions on each sheet that answer the questions:

-What was stolen?

-Who took it?

-When did they take it?

-Where did they hide it?

-Who was their accomplice?

-Why did they take it?

2. A student workspace booklet

3. Fill in the blank storyline

4. Cover to decorate for your Mystery Project

5. Rubric

6. Google Slideshow with the digital version of this project

7. Answer Key

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With this money-saving MEGA bundle, your students will have all the basic integer operation practice they need to master ADDING AND SUBTRACTING INTEGERS. Included activities will reinforce your student's understanding, and help with differentiation.

This Product Includes:

- Adding Integers Mini Lesson and Worksheets

- Adding Integers Bingo

- Adding Integers Scavenger Hunt

- Subtracting Integers Mini Lesson and Worksheets

- Subtracting Integers Bingo

- Subtracting Integers Scavenger Hunt

How to Use this Product:

Day 1: Mini Lesson on Adding Integers + 3 worksheets

Day 2: Adding Integers Bingo

Day 3: Adding Integers Scavenger Hunt

Day 4: Mini Lesson on Subtracting Integers + 3 worksheets

Day 5: Subtracting Integers Bingo

Day 6: Subtracting Integers Scavenger Hunt

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Are you looking for some engaging activities before winter break? Get ready for some holiday fun!

Christmas Word Ladders are perfect for anyone eager to boost their vocabulary while enjoying the festive season. These word ladders are an absolute blast! Think of them as your ladder to word mastery, starting from one word and climbing your way up, changing one letter at a time to reach a related word at the top!

Santa's Workshop Mystery Math Challenge is a captivating activity that isn't your typical yawn-inducing math session—oh no! It's an adventure packed with brain-teasing puzzles and number-crunching challenges. Students will dive into a world of equations, clues, and problem-solving that'll have them on the edge of their seats (or maybe sleighs?). Each completed page will lead to a letter that will unveil the location of Santa's bag.

Create a 3D Gingerbread House will engage your students in real world mathematics and allow them to have fun before winter break with an educational experience in disguise! Your students will use the materials provided to construct a three dimensional gingerbread house. With square, rectangle and triangle pieces, the possibilities are unlimited! They will then maximize their budget to create the best decorated house. After completion, they will calculate the angles of the roof, volume of the house, and the total surface area. They will have so much fun they won't even notice that they are applying advanced math concepts!

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This Fractions Operations Mystery Project will have your students excited to review their fraction operations! There is a printable and digital version of this project included! They will be solving 36 questions involving fraction operations. They will get 6 clue sheets with 6 questions on each sheet. The answer choice leftover is the answer to that part of the mystery. They will fill in a storyline with their clues to see the whole mystery come together!

This project is the perfect print and go activity OR digital that will take 2-3 days to complete! There is a rubric included and an answer key. Grading couldn't be more simple.

Digital Version:

- your students will get a google slide link with the project pages imbedded in the background. They will solve the questions and type their answers in the already given text boxes and then drag a semi-transparent box over the final answer to each clue.

Check out my preview for a closer look and the video preview to see the digital version!

Topics Covered:

Clue 1: Add Fractions

Clue 2: Subtract Fractions

Clue 3: Multiply Fractions

Clue 4: Divide Fractions

Clue 5: Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions

Clue 6: Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

What you get:

1. 6 Clue Sheets with 6 questions on each sheet that answer the questions:

-What was stolen?

-Who took it?

-When did they take it?

-Where did they hide it?

-Who was their accomplice?

-Why did they take it?

2. A student workspace booklet

3. Fill in the blank storyline

4. Cover to decorate for your Mystery Project

5. Rubric

6. Google Slideshow with the digital version of this project

7. Answer Key

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Engage your students in real world mathematics and have fun with these educational experiences in disguise! Your students will use the materials provided to construct a three dimensional haunted house, gingerbread house, and fairy house. With square, rectangle and triangle pieces, the possibilities are unlimited! They will then maximize their budgets to create the best houses.

After completion, students will calculate the angles of the roof, volume of the house, and the total surface area. They will have so much fun they won't even notice that they are applying advanced math concepts!

These printable projects address decimals, money, multiplication, division, volume, angles, and surface area. There are two versions so that you can differentiate for the ability of your students. Perfect for anyone eager to combine fun and learning this fall!

• Reinforce key math concepts in a practical and enjoyable manner.
• Encourage critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Increase engagement with multiple choices.
• Provide a real-world context for mathematical applications.

Each Product Includes:

• Cover Page
• Table of Contents
• Teacher Notes
• Math Vocabulary
• Math Formulas
• Square House Pieces (color and black and white)
• Rectangle House Pieces (color and black and white)
• Triangle House Pieces (color and black and white)
• Decoration Pieces (color and black and white)
• House Overview (two versions)
• House Rubric (two versions)
• Budget Page (two versions)
• House Views (two versions)
• Roof Angles
• Calculate the Volume (two versions)
• Calculate the Surface Area (two versions)

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