Make math meaningful with this 3rd Grade Project Based Learning (PBL) Bundle! These three real-world activities engage students in problem solving while applying essential 3rd grade standards. Each unit comes in printable PDF + Google Slides, making it perfect for classrooms or homeschool.

Included Projects

⚽ Soccer Tournament – Students host a tournament while practicing:

• Multiplication, division, and 2-step word problems
  
• Multi-digit addition & subtraction within 1,000
  
• Rounding and multiplying by multiples of 10
  
• Time intervals, measurement data, and line plots
  

🍦 Ice Cream Truck Mania – Students run a business while applying:

• Multiplication & division within 100
  
• Fractions: equivalence & comparisons
  
• Inventory, money, and liquid volume problems
  
• Scaled graphs and line plots with fractions
  

🛋️ Design, Create, Dream (Bedroom Makeover) – Students redesign a bedroom while practicing:

• Rounding, addition, subtraction & multiplication
  
• Fluency with multiplication/division within 100
  
• Area, perimeter, and measurement word problems
  
• Graphs, data analysis, and line plots
  

Key Features

• ✏️ Printable + Digital → PDF & Google Slides included
  
• 🌍 Real-World Math Practice → Connects abstract skills to meaningful projects
  
• 🎯 Standards-Aligned → Covers 3rd grade OA, NBT, MD, and NF skills
  
• 🧩 Differentiation Built-In → Challenge activities support all learners
• ✏️ Low-Prep & No-Prep Design - Print-and-go format makes it easy to execute and very little prep work required.
• 🏠 Homeschool & Classroom Friendly - Students can work collaboratively or independently on these math project based learning activities at their pace.
  

👉 With this bundle, students will apply math to real-world scenerios they’ll remember!

Dig Deeper

⚽ Soccer Tournament is a project based learning unit based all around hosting a soccer tournament based on Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Numbers in Base Ten, and Measurement and Data. Students follow instructions to work within a budget, calculate income from registrations, subtract expenses, review soccer practice statistics, create a line plot, and more. Additional "challenge activities" engage students and develop further understanding of the concepts and skills.

Standards Addressed:

• 3.OA.A.1 Interpret products of whole numbers.
• 3.OA.A.2 Interpret whole number quotients.
• 3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement, quantities.
• 3OA.D.8 Solve 2-step problems using the four operations.
• 3.NBT.A.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on properties of operations and/or the relationship between add/sub.
• 3.NBT.A.3 Multiply 1-digit numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 using strategies based on place value and properties.
• 3.MD.A.1 Tell time, write time to the nearest minutes, and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes.
• 3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with wholes, halves, and fourths of an inch. Show data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units.

🍦 Ice Cream Truck Mania is a project based learning unit based all around operating the ice cream supply, schedule, and transactions for an ice cream truck. Students follow instructions keep track of their inventory, order new treats, manage the truck stop schedule, monitor money transactions, and analyze the daily profits of the truck. Additional "challenge activities" engage students and develop further understanding of the concepts and skills.

Standards Addressed:

• 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 equivalence of fractions in special cases and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.

🛋️ Design, Create, Dream is a project based learning unit based all around redesigning and redecorating your bedroom. Students follow instructions to plan, budget, model, and design the perfect bedroom. Additional "challenge activities" push students to develop further understanding of the concepts and skills.

Standards Addressed:

• 3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100.
• 3OA.D.8 Solve 2-step problems using the four operations.
• 3.NBT.A.1 Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
• 3.NBT.A.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on properties of operations and/or the relationship between add/sub.
• 3.MD.A.1 Tell time, write time to the nearest minutes, and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes.
• 3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and bar graph to represent data with several categories. Solve problems using the data.
• 3.MD.B.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with wholes, halves, and fourths of an inch. Show data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units.
• 3.MD.C.5 Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
• 3.MD.C.6 Measure areas by counting unit squares.
• 3.MD.C.7 Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
• 3.MD.D.8 Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeter

Key Features:

✏️ 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 they 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 quilt makers to solve measurement and geometry problems related to quilt making.

✏️ 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.

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