1. 5th Grade Project Ideas

2. Project Selection Teacher will decide on project(s).
Will you have more than one project going on in your classroom?
Will students be required to complete more than 1 project?
Will students be working in groups or individually?
Teacher chosen?

3. Format Decide on the format for final product
Word, PowerPoint, Poster, SMART Board, booklet, brochure, etc.
Do you have the appropriate resources?
Computers, tablets, laptops, camera, poster board, markers, ads, catalogs, recipes, etc.
Will you need to reserve technology? Coordinate with other classes.

4. Project Requirements Create a rubric for each project.
What will your expectations be?
Be sure to share rubric with students before projects begin.
Consider group evaluations.
Set a due date timeline to assess student progress.
Accountability – what and when will parts of project be due?

5. FYI
The following slides are meant to guide the teacher with ideas to use in their classroom.
Review the slide project ideas, expand on them and set detailed direction for students.
These projects are designed to take 5th grade curriculum and apply all learned skills to real-world application.

6. Ultimate Birthday Party
Plan your budget:
*Food/drinks
*Games
*Invitations
*Decorations
Extension: Make a list of all the possible outcomes for a chosen game.

7. Plan a Trip Landmarks National parks mileage Plan on a map Cost of gas
Lodging
Food
Souvenirs
Final destination plans
Extension: Calculate the cost of the trip. Your original budget has now been cut in half. Where will you cut costs to still do the same trip?

8. Million Dollar Project-The student must spend 1,000,000,000 including the following criteria:
Deposit 50,000 in savings account
Put away 75,000 for college
Buy 1 home not over 500,000
Buy only 3 of the same item
Buy a stock
Buy a bond
Take 1 vacation
Buy 1 car (do not exceed 200,000)
Charity donation cannot exceed 100,000

9. Math Board Game Theme Board
Movers and a numeric way to move (dice, spinner, cards…)
Problem Solving Cards with an answer key
Extension: Require the students to have certain math topics in their skills.

10. Design Your Dream House
Requirements:
4 windows,
2 doors
6 rooms
Determine a scale and draw dimensions on graph paper
Find the perimeter and area of each using centimeters and millimeters
Extension: buy furniture, paint, accessories..

11. Geometric Town Theme Requirements: parallel streets
perpendicular streets
intersecting streets that form an obtuse angle
use 10 shapes-buildings
1 park with rectangular prism sandbox
1 pool-specify shape
Additional idea: take pictures around the school representing the different geometric concepts and make a power point presentation.

12. Design a Menu Theme Criteria: 5 appetizers 6 beverages 12 main dishes
4 desserts
Extension: Make a list of friends and family to take to your restaurant for dinner, order for them, and calculate the cost.

13. Shopping Spree Buy: 2 pair pants 5 shirts 1 pair tennis shoes
1 pair dress shoes
6 pair socks
1 jacket
Comparison shop to find the best price. What is the most expensive outfit? Least expensive? What are all the possible outfits that you can make?

14. Dinner Party Use a recipe book to plan a dinner party.
Select a recipe for an appetizer, a salad, main course, two sides, and a dessert.
You are inviting 25 people, so you will need double or triple the recipe to accommodate all guests.
List the amount of each ingredient you will use in your recipes.
**Students will use fractions for this project.

15. Possible Peer Evaluation Sheet

16. Presentation Rubric