Activities for 5.MD
Real-world activities aligned to this standard.
The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, right after Halloween. Hot chocolate is a traditional, comforting drink for the...
Shortly after Halloween, individuals and businesses (especially dentists) collect donations of extra unopened candy to create care packages to send to soldiers and first responders. Some businesses will...
How in the world does this clock conclude that there is a net gain in the United States of one person every 29 seconds? Students use fraction operations...
🎈Get excited for Thanksgiving with this updated Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade activity! Students explore this year's parade map to find the number of parade blocks, use the map’s...
🦇In this updated activity, students explore how vampire bats drink half their body weight in blood in just 20 minutes. Using proportional reasoning and unit conversions (volume, distance,...
In this activity, students will explore how ants build bridges using their bodies, considering different factors that affect their decision to build the bridge or take the longer...
🚙 In this updated activity , students will explore the environmental impact of transportation choices. They will use division to calculate how different transportation choices reduce the number...
❄️In this updated activity, students will estimate, calculate, and analyze the weight of a snow pile sitting on top of a car. Using real-world data, they’ll apply math...
In this activity, students will estimate the volume of the Seokbinggo, a centuries-old stone structure, and compare it to the size of their home fridge. Through the activity,...
How much pee is in your pool? 🏊🏊 After chlorination, it has been hard to measure the quantity of pollutants in pool water. A Canadian chemist, Xing-Fang Li,...
What is this machine for? Begin with the starter presentation slides to spark students' curiosity about the purpose of the machine. Then, engage them in the main activity...
We have 16 activities that you could use for Earth Day! April 22nd is Earth Day. Help your students become activists for our planet? We have 16 activities...