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

You might choose to print specific tasks to use during Math centers, or you might make a booklet out of all of the tasks and let your students choose which one to do when. 

This resource is included in PDF format for printing and in Google Slides™️ format for digital learning. This makes it useable with Google Class

Take a look at what you’ll find inside this math project:

TASK #1: TOURNAMENT ADVERTISING

You’re in charge of designing a poster to advertise the annual baseball tournament. You want to make sure that lots of fans attend. 

TASK#2: THE GAME SCHEDULE

The first task is to plan the schedule! There will be four games, but you will also need to allow time for a lunch break.

Skills: time to the hour and half hour, elapsed time

TASK #3: STOCKING THE CONCESSION STAND

The concession stand will be selling lunch and snacks for the day. It’s your job to stock it up and get it ready for the day.

Skills: place value, word form, expanded form, representing numbers

TASK#4: ENTRY FEES

Each baseball team has to pay an entry fee when they arrive at the tournament. There are six teams in all.

Skills: money, making 100

TASK#5: ADMISSION COSTS

Fans have come from near and far to cheer on this year’s baseball teams! Let’s see how it’s going at the admission gate.

Skills: skip-counting, using 5 and 10

TASK #6: PLAY BALL

The tournament has begun! Let’s take a look at what’s happening on a few of the baseball diamonds.

Skills: arrays, representing numbers, addition

TASK #7: SKILLS COMPETITION

The skills competition is a fun way for the players to compete in hitting, throwing, and running contests.

Skills: interpreting data on a bar graph, comparing data, base ten blocks, addition, picture graph, skip-counting by 5’s

TASK #8: SLUGGER’S CONCESSION STAND

Welcome to Slugger’s Concession Stand – where we’ll hit your lunch order out of the park! Let’s look at some of the orders from the day.

Skills: money, addition

TASK #9: SOLVING CHALLENGES

When you organize a big tournament like this, there are sure to be some problems throughout the day!

 Skills: problem-solving, time, representing numbers, addition and subtraction

TASK #10: TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

The tournament is over and it’s time to figure out who won!

Skills: using clues to eliminate information

TASK #11: DAILY REVENUE

The tournament was a huge success! Now you will need to figure out if you made enough money to cover the day’s expenses.

Skills: word form, revenue or expense, addition, subtraction

*This section will serve as an extra challenge using numbers in the thousands in some parts.**

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