Churn up 3rd grade math skills such as multiplication, arrays, word problems, and measurement with our Ice Cream Truck Project-Based Learning! This print-and-go PBL is designed to engage and challenge third graders. Students will use their math skills to run their very own ice cream truck business.

You have been hired to run an ice cream truck! It is your job to stock the ice cream truck with tasty treats, keep track of the money you earned, and serve delicious ice cream to the community in a timely manner!

Through a series of fun and interactive activities, students will:

• Use multiplication and arrays to determine how much ice cream they need to stock up on
• Use time to create a schedule for their truck stops
• Solve measurement word problems involving mass
• Compare ice cream cone masses with fractions
• Use scaled pictographs and bar graphs to answer questions about their truck stops

With this activity, students will develop essential math skills like multiplication, arrays, time, measurement, and graphing, all while having fun and satisfying their sweet tooth. Whether you're a teacher looking for an engaging math activity for your classroom or a parent looking for a fun way to support your child's math learning at home, our Ice Cream Truck Project-Based Learning resource will have your students solving realistic math problems in an engaging way.

⭐Students evaluate their work with a self-evaluation rubric and response.

⭐ Additional "challenge activities" engage students and develop further understanding of the concepts and skills.

⭐ This 3rd grade spring math activity incorporates the following math standards:

• 3.OA.A.1 Interpret products of whole numbers
• 3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities
• 3.OA.D.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations 3.NBT.A.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1000
• 3.NBT.A.3 Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90
• 3.MD.A.1 Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes
• 3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units
• 3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories
• 3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch
• 3.NF.A.3 Explain the equivalence of fractions in special cases and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.

Key Features:

✏️ Low Prep - Print-and-go format makes this resource quick to prep. and use. You do not need to spend money on extra supplies or hours of time prepping for this PBL!

✏️ Printable & Digital Format - Printable PDF & Google Slides formats make this resource perfect for classroom instruction, distance learning, and everywhere in between. Digital and printable versions are consistent, so it can be used for combination classroom and virtual instruction situations.

✏️ Educational & Engaging - This resource will capture the imagination of your students while they practice key math skills. Students are hired as ice cream truck managers to explore the processes of inventory, ordering, scheduling, and revenue. Their job is to use data from sales to analyze the profits of the ice cream truck.

✏️ Differentiation - Three challenge activities mean that you can challenge your high-performing students while making the resource accessible to your on-level and below-level students.

What's Included?

This spring-themed project based learning math activity contains the following:

1. Directions for the teacher
2. Ice Cream Truck Mania Tasks
3. Ice Cream Supply Check
4. Ice Cream Truck Stop Schedule
5. Measuring Ice Cream
6. Hungry Customers Graphs and Word Problems
7. Challenge #1: Ice Cream Sizes
8. Challenge #2: Ice Cream Flavors
9. Challenge #3: Toppings Galore
10. Self-Reflection
11. Self-Evaluation
12. Answer Key

Looking for more differentiation?

Try the 2nd Grade Version of this spring math PBL!

Copyright & Terms of Use

For copyright information and a summary of how this ice cream themed PBL can and cannot be used, please review the Terms of Use Page.

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