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Kick off the year with engaging Back to School Project-Based Learning!
This creative Lunchbox Math project helps build classroom community while challenging students with real-world problem solving.
Perfect for upper elementary and middle school to start the year with teamwork, critical thinking, and fun.
Students will use reading comprehension, creative thinking, and math skills to design a new lunchbox prototype.
Perfect for back-to-school season or for building classroom cohesion at the start of a new school year!
Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity, so that students can further enhance learning with:
- Activity 1a, 1b and 1c | ASK | Read |” The History of Lunchboxes” “Design Elements of a Lunchbox” and “Unlocking Creative Thinking: Let’s Get Those Creative Juices Flowing!”
- Activity 2 | IMAGINE | Brainstorm About Your Lunchbox
- Activity 3 | RESEARCH and PLAN | Choosing Design and Marketing Strategies
- Activity 4 |APPLY| Solve 5 Real-life Word Problems Using Multiplication and Division
- Activity 5 | CREATE | What Are the Details? Design a New Lunchbox Prototype
- Activity 6 |IMPROVE | Request Constructive Feedback from a PEER Inspector
- FINAL Activity | Crack the Code | Complete a Multiple-Choice Quiz and Crack the Pigpen Cipher Code to Earn an Exit Ticket Code
1.5 Hour Activity (Can be taught all at once or separately)
Let students work at their own pace, in centers, for homework or as a whole group. This is an engaging & flexible unit!
The following materials are needed to complete all activities:
Printouts
Pencils
Colored pencils or markers
Scissors
Colorful 12x18 construction paper (1 per student, light colors work best)
Colorful scrap paper
Glue
This activity is suggested for grades 4-6
Perfect for early finishers or high achievers, this project fosters critical thinking and decision-making skills.
This resource is perfect for sub plans, Language Arts centers, group work, independent work, or early finishers.
(Check out the PREVIEWS, older or slightly younger students may enjoy this activity as well!)
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Description
Kick off the year with engaging Back to School Project-Based Learning!
This creative Lunchbox Math project helps build classroom community while challenging students with real-world problem solving.
Perfect for upper elementary and middle school to start the year with teamwork, critical thinking, and fun.
Students will use reading comprehension, creative thinking, and math skills to design a new lunchbox prototype.
Perfect for back-to-school season or for building classroom cohesion at the start of a new school year!
Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity, so that students can further enhance learning with:
- Activity 1a, 1b and 1c | ASK | Read |” The History of Lunchboxes” “Design Elements of a Lunchbox” and “Unlocking Creative Thinking: Let’s Get Those Creative Juices Flowing!”
- Activity 2 | IMAGINE | Brainstorm About Your Lunchbox
- Activity 3 | RESEARCH and PLAN | Choosing Design and Marketing Strategies
- Activity 4 |APPLY| Solve 5 Real-life Word Problems Using Multiplication and Division
- Activity 5 | CREATE | What Are the Details? Design a New Lunchbox Prototype
- Activity 6 |IMPROVE | Request Constructive Feedback from a PEER Inspector
- FINAL Activity | Crack the Code | Complete a Multiple-Choice Quiz and Crack the Pigpen Cipher Code to Earn an Exit Ticket Code
1.5 Hour Activity (Can be taught all at once or separately)
Let students work at their own pace, in centers, for homework or as a whole group. This is an engaging & flexible unit!
The following materials are needed to complete all activities:
Printouts
Pencils
Colored pencils or markers
Scissors
Colorful 12x18 construction paper (1 per student, light colors work best)
Colorful scrap paper
Glue
This activity is suggested for grades 4-6
Perfect for early finishers or high achievers, this project fosters critical thinking and decision-making skills.
This resource is perfect for sub plans, Language Arts centers, group work, independent work, or early finishers.
(Check out the PREVIEWS, older or slightly younger students may enjoy this activity as well!)
Looking for specific GIFTED and TALENTED ACTIVITIES? Click the link below
Gifted and Talented Activities for the Classroom
Do your students love MYSTERIES? Have you seen GATER Educator's top-selling C.S.I. for Kids Activities? Check them out by clicking the following link...
Crime Scene Investigations by GATER Educator
Looking for more ESCAPE ROOM Activities? Click the link below
Love FUN FRIDAYS? Check out these themey activities for each month!
Don't forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love feedback!
TPT teacher authors appreciate you taking time out to provide some detail about how you like or how you used their products.
Need HELP with a file?
•Visit the FAQs section, submit a help ticket, or ask a question on the Q&A tab before leaving feedback.
**Making sure your expectations are met is important to me!**
Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded. New products are always 50% off for the first 24 hours they are posted. It pays to follow me!
As always, please contact me with any questions!
Thank you so much,
Kris Prince
Follow me at:
My TpT Store: GATER Educator
Instagram: GATER Educator
Facebook: GATER Educator
©GATER Educator. All rights reserved
