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In this fifth grade level math project based learning (PBL) activity, students use fractions to design and draw a scale model of a room. In order to do this, students will explore multiplication as scaling. They will gain a better understanding of fractions as division and practice multiplying whole numbers by fractions, writing improper fractions as mixed numbers, and simplifying fractions.
This activity includes 4 different design projects - a bathroom (x 1/10 scale drawn on a 1/2 inch grid), a bedroom (x 1/15 scale drawn on a 1/3 inch grid), a living room (x 1/20 scale drawn on a 1/4 inch grid), and a kitchen (x 1/30 scale drawn on a 1/6 inch grid). Check out the preview file to get a better idea of how these PBLs work.
This resource includes:
- teacher directions
- a force copy link to Google Slides DIGITAL versions of each project (with rubric)
- 4 room design projects each with project directions, a measurement conversion table, and a floor plan with grid lines
- a scoring rubric
- finished examples of each room
- answer keys for each of the 4 measurement conversion tables
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5th Grade Fractions Design a Room Project Based Learning Activity Project PBL
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In this fifth grade level math project based learning (PBL) activity, students use fractions to design and draw a scale model of a room. In order to do this, students will explore multiplication as scaling. They will gain a better understanding of fractions as division and practice multiplying whole numbers by fractions, writing improper fractions as mixed numbers, and simplifying fractions.
This activity includes 4 different design projects - a bathroom (x 1/10 scale drawn on a 1/2 inch grid), a bedroom (x 1/15 scale drawn on a 1/3 inch grid), a living room (x 1/20 scale drawn on a 1/4 inch grid), and a kitchen (x 1/30 scale drawn on a 1/6 inch grid). Check out the preview file to get a better idea of how these PBLs work.
This resource includes:
- teacher directions
- a force copy link to Google Slides DIGITAL versions of each project (with rubric)
- 4 room design projects each with project directions, a measurement conversion table, and a floor plan with grid lines
- a scoring rubric
- finished examples of each room
- answer keys for each of the 4 measurement conversion tables
Please follow my store here for more great resources!
You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, and lafountaineofknowledge.com where you'll discover ideas, inspiration, and plenty of freebies! Or join my email list to get my monthly newsletter with exclusive FREE resources you can't get anywhere else!
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Hi Alyssa,
Would love to chat with you more about how to make this lesson successful! Feel free to email me (shea@lafountaineofknowledge.com). I'm not totally sure what you mean by "there seemed to be no clear answer to what each thing represented in the shape wise," but I do have a hunch as to why objects came out smaller than they should have. Each room floor plan is divided into inches (the thicker lines) and then fractions of inches (the thinner lines). Is it possible your students used the thinner lined partial inches as whole inches?
