Engaging Upper Elementary

Title: Volume Zoo Hands-On Project This interdisciplinary hands-on project is a great way to engage your upper elementary students in practicing calculating volume of rectangular prisms and irregular figures. By having students focus on the task of planning for a new animal exhibit at the local zoo, and complete all of the tasks associated with that, students will practice many skills. They will love to show off all of their hard work with the final product - a 3-D box animal with a combined vol

These Valentines Day Math Worksheets will have your upper elementary students practice skills they've learned throughout the year. Skills cover whole number operations, decimal addition and subtraction, fraction multiplication, equivalent fractions, and calculating area. Pick and choose which worksheets you would like to include or use in its entirety. The story of helping a Flower Shop in need will keep your learners engaged and motivated to complete the tasks you set. What's Included & Skill

This landform brochure project is a great way to assess your upper elementary students' understanding of the processes that drive the formation of several landforms. First students will use a brainstorming page to research and gather information. Then they use a brochure template to organize their information in a creative way. The brochure includes space to explain the formation of Canyons, Deltas, Sand Dunes, and U-Shaped Valleys. This activity works great as an end of unit assessment alter

Title: Sedimentary Rock and Fossil Fuel Formation Project Engage your upper elementary students using this project to demonstrate the formation process of sedimentary rocks and the three fossil fuels. Students create a cross section of Earth split into three sections. Each section represents one of the formation processes (sedimentary rock, coal, or oil/natural gas). Finally, students will label each section with the labels provided. What's included: Teacher Direction PageStudent Direction Pa

This color-by-number activity is a great way for your upper elementary students to practice the four decimal operations (computation) in a fun and engaging way. This product includes four unique worksheets (Form A - D) that cover adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimal numbers and a corresponding color by number page. When the 4 different color-by-numbers are combined they create a larger image. Students will love being responsible for their part, and seeing how their coloring page

Title: Backyard Pool Design Real-World Project This real-world project is a great way to engage your upper elementary students through practice of financial literacy, decimal operations, research skills, and persuasive writing. This interdisciplinary project for google slides gives your students lots of practice in multiple skills and shows them how they could be used in life outside the classroom. Here's why your students will love it: What's included:Student slide deck (includes 8 steps