Students pretend to be travel agents as they work in pairs to plan a vacation for a family of four with a budget of $5,000. Students will first watch an introduction presentation to learn about their tasks. They will then receive a Vacation Choices board with which to plan the details of the trip, a Vacation Costs sheet to calculate totals, and a rubric to guide the process. After planning the vacation, students will present their information to their "clients" in the form of a PowerPoint, broch
Students will work in pairs or independently using their knowledge of perimeter and area to design a zoo! Students will begin by watching an introduction presentation outlining their task. They will then receive a rubric, checklist of requirements, a draft blueprint grid, and a final blueprint grid. Students will include 10 large animal exhibits, gift shops, bathrooms, a park, an aquarium or reptile house, restrooms, and more! They will have the option to use their critical thinking and creative
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to be an interactive tool to use when teaching elapsed time and using time intervals. It begins with warm up problems to review elapsed time when a start and end time are given. It then provides word problems aligned to common core standards that allow students to practice using a number line to determine a start or end time. It includes collaborative problem solving opportunities and independent practice problems. It's editable to allow the teacher to cu
This powerpoint is designed to be an interactive tool to use when teaching elapsed time. It has word problems that allow students to determine the elapsed time when the hour is the same and when the start and end times include different hours. The presentation helps students understand which strategies to use when solving elapsed time word problems, such as drawing a number line or subtracting the minutes.