🐾 Make math meaningful and engaging with this real-world zoo design project! Students apply their knowledge of area, perimeter, volume, and budgeting to plan and build their own zoo.

This multi-day project-based learning (PBL) activity keeps students thinking, problem-solving, and making decisions just like real-world designers.

✨ What’s Included:

✔ Student planning pages
✔ Area, perimeter, and volume practice
✔ Unit conversion and cost analysis tasks
✔ Zoo design + layout activity
✔ Budgeting and profit calculations
✔ Final reflection page
✔ Teacher pacing guide (4–6 days)

🧠 Skills Covered:

• Area & factor pairs
• Perimeter & optimization
• Unit conversions (inches, feet, yards)
• Volume of rectangular prisms
• Multi-step problem solving
• Budgeting and real-world math applications

📅 Suggested Use:

Perfect for:

• End of unit projects
• Review and enrichment
• Math centers or small groups
• Cross-curricular math + design lessons

🎯 Why Teachers Love This:

✔ Engages students in meaningful problem-solving
✔ Encourages critical thinking and decision-making
✔ Low prep, print-and-go structure
✔ Creates a fun final project or display

👩‍🏫 Grade Level:

Best suited for:

• 5th Grade
• 6th Grade (review or enrichment)
• Advanced 4th Grade

📌 Important Notes:

• This is a non-editable PDF
• Answer key coming soon (free update for buyers!)

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