About
Are you looking for a way to reinforce measurement concepts in an engaging way that helps your students make connections? “The Road Trip” is a real-life math project where students will complete eleven different measurement-related tasks involving distance, elapsed time, money, data interpretation, and more.
Please note that both metric and imperial versions are included!
Ideas for Use
Math projects are an ideal way to consolidate learning. I recommend using them as an engaging activity AFTER skills have been learned rather than during learning. You will likely find that engagement is very high and that your students ask to do more of these!
There are many ways to use math projects in your classroom. Some of the most popular are:
•a small-group or pairs activity
•a guided math activity to allow you to see where your students are struggling
•a fun, rewarding way to engage your early finishers
•a low-prep, easy-to-implement activity for a substitute teacher
This resource is included in PDF format for printing and in Google Slides™️ format for digital learning. This makes it useable with Google Classroom™️.
What's Included?
Take a look at what you’ll find inside this math project:
TASK #1: THE PLAN
It’s time to plan your summer road trip! First, you’ll have to decide if you want to rent a motorhome or stay in hotels. Let’s take a look at the cost difference.
Skills: money, addition, subtraction
TASK#2: SPENDING MONEY
You’ve been saving up for this trip. Now it’s time to make a budget! Figure out what you can spend per day, and calculate some different money combinations.
Skills: money, addition, subtraction, division
TASK #3: SNACKS FOR THE ROAD
You’ve decided to fill up a cooler with snacks for the road. This way you won’t have to make as many stops! Figure out what you can buy based on your budget. Then take a look at some other orders and calculate the total cost.
Skills: money, addition, subtraction
TASK#4: DISTANCE TRAVELLED
Use the chart to figure out how far you travel on each day of the road trip.
Kilometer and mile versions are both included.
Skills: distance, addition, subtraction
TASK#5: REST STOP
During your road trip, you take rest stops every couple of hours. Use problem-solving to work with the various parts of this rest stop.
Skills: distance, perimeter, money
TASK #6: THEME PARK
On day 4 you stop at a theme park for the day. Let’s take a look at how you spent your time at the theme park.
Skills: time, elapsed time, money
TASK #7: FUEL STOP
You’ve been keeping track of how much you’re spending on fuel. Take a look at the chart so far.
Both liter and gallon versions are included.
Skills: liters/gallons, money, addition
TASK #8: BICYCLE RENTALS
When you get to the town of Bridgecastle, your family decides to rent bicycles for the afternoon! Let’s compare the different trails.
Both kilometer and mile versions are included.
Skills: distance, money, graphing
TASK #9: RACE TRACK
When you see that there is a big race track up ahead, your family decides to stop and check it out! You’ll work with figuring out race length as well as the length of time of the other activities at the track.
Both kilometer and mile versions are included.
Skills: distance, multiplication, elapsed time
TASK #10: A FLAT TIRE
You were starting your drive home when your motorhome got a flat tire! Solve the measurement problems.
Skills: time, money, distance
TASK #11: ROAD SIGNS
As you drive home, you notice all of the road signs. There are a lot of them! Let’s work with the distance on the road signs.
Skills: distance conversions, subtraction
PLUS A BONUS WRITING ACTIVITY:
Write about a road trip that you’d like to take.
What Teachers Are Saying
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A fun activity to wrap up our measurement unit. Also appreciate that both metric and imperial measurements are included. Thanks!" Marsha M.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "My students loved using this resource as an end-of-the-year review to what we had learned all year in math! This was the perfect, engaging project for them to demonstrate their skills. I loved the opportunities for choice within the project and so did my students!" Ashley F.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I use these as independent practice and the kids LOVE finishing and getting the next one. Sometimes I even put out a couple and let them pick. They are absolutely the best thing I have found to show kids how much math is all over in real life!" Donna F.
