Summer Olympics
Although the Summer Olympics is not held every year, kids love the idea of sports competition. Try a digital project where students choose their Olympic event, travel to cities around the world, participate in qualifying events by solving math problems, keep a journal of their experiences, keep track of their travels on a World Map, and import photos from each city. Students will research the cities of Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Cairo, Sydney, Tokyo, Paris, and Chicago. A variety of tasks keep students engaged and eager to come to class each day. Those who finish early can make their own postcards of each city they visited. Assigned in Google Slides, students click on the soccer ball image on each slide to move to the next activity. A separate teacher file is included with completed math problems, point totals, and a separate rubric for grading.
6th Grade Olympics Math problems include: Ordering Decimals, Order of Operations, Algebraic Expressions, Inequalities, Plotting Points, Equivalent Fractions, Percent of a Number, and Perimeter and Area.
7th Grade Olympics Math problems include: Adding and Subtracting Integers, Multiplying and Dividing Integers, Distributive Property, Combining Like Terms, One-Step Algebraic Equations, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions, and Two-Step Algebraic Equations.
8th Grade Olympics Math problems include: Transformations, Algebraic Equations with Variables on both Sides, The Pythagorean Theorem, Exponents, Fractional Equations, Finding the Equation for a Line, Algebraic Inequalities, and Distributive Property Equations.
Hike the Appalachian Trail
How about a digital project that has student purchase supplies for a hiking journey, solve math problems to earn more money for supplies along the trail, choose their own hiking adventures, keep a journal, import pictures, and learn about this famous trail in the eastern United States? Students will learn to budget their money and which supplies are needed for a long backpacking trip.
Integer Problems to solve in order to move farther along the trail include: Adding Integers with Integer Chips, Adding Integers on Number Line, Adding Integers by following the Rules, Subtracting Integers by Adding the Opposite, Adding and Subtracting Integers, and Multiplying and Dividing Integers.
Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
Review algebraic equations with this combination digital and hands-on project that teaches students about the famous Pacific Crest Trail in the western United States. Students will learn to budget their money for supplies, keep track of their progress along the trail, choose random events along the way, keep a journal, import pictures, and solve algebraic equations.
Algebraic Equations to Solve include:
One-Step Equations, Two-Step Equations, Equations with Variables on Both Side, Equations Combining Like Terms, Equations with Exponents, Equations with Parentheses, Equations Clearing Fractions, and Mixed Problems.
Teacher Key and printable maps and worksheets are included with a Progress Sheet for keeping track of individual student progress.
Pirate Adventure Project
Review ratios with a fun digital Pirate-themed project. Students will follow a story about a student kidnapped by pirates who must find a buried treasure in order to return home safely. Ratio problems to solve include: Ratios Vocabulary, Writing Ratios, Separating Ratios into Part to Part and Part to Whole, Finding Equivalent Ratios, Ratios in Tables, Converting Tables to Graphs, Proportional Lines, and Unit Rates.
Language Arts is included as students are tested on Comprehension of the Pirate story.
Pirate Adventure Ratios Project
Enjoy your end of the year with something engaging and fun that incorporates a math review!
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