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“32” ENRICHMENT WEEKLY MATH RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR!
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3rd GRADE “WEEKLY”
MATH RESEARCH PROJECTS
“32” WEEKLY MATH ENRRICHMENT RESEARCH
PROJECTS!
BY GINA KENNEDY
NO-PREP!
Weekly “Math Research Projects!” Adding enrichment to your classroom shouldn’t have to be time consuming and difficult to manage. This program is easy to manage and extremely rewarding for your students. I began using the weekly “Math Research Projects” strategy last year in my classroom and I’m happy to make it available to others to use in their classroom as well.
When my students finish their work at any given point during the week they are responsible for completing their math weekly research project and posting their response on a large sticky note.
On Mondays I introduce the projects for the week ahead. On Fridays we share their responses to their projects.
At the end of the year each student creates a scrapbook with all of the research that they’ve completed throughout the school year by compiling their sticky notes.
I use the larger post-it notes as some of the responses are quite lengthy. There are many safe kid search engines out there as well as opinions as to the most effective; but the main search engines my students use include the following:
http://www.kidzsearch.com/ (Google for kids)
http://www.kidrex.org/
http://quinturakids.com/
http://kidsclick.org/
http://www.squirrelnet.com/search/Google_SafeSearch.asp
Thanks, Gina Kennedy
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Write your response to this week’s “Math Research Project” and place your “sticky answer” here:
Research the location (city) of the last four Summer Olympics. Find out the population of each city. Record the populations from greatest to least.
On your “sticky note” record the names of the last four cities that hosted the Summer Olympics. Also record the population of each of those cities from greatest to least. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the names of the last four governors elected in your state. Find out the ages of the governors when they took office. Add the ages together.
On your “sticky note” list the names of the last four governors in your state and their ages when they took office. Add the four ages together and record the sum. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the purchase price of four different pets at a pet store online. Each pet must be a different type of animal than the other three. Record the name of the online pet store, the names of the pets that you researched and the price of each pet from the lowest priced pet to the most expensive pet.
On your “sticky note” write the name of the pet store, the types of pets that you researched, and the price of each pet listed from lowest to most expensive. Place your “sticky answer” here!
Research the inventor of the first mechanical clock that was ever made. Write down the person or group of people that created the mechanical clock. Write down four interesting facts about the invention.
On your “sticky note” write the inventor of the first mechanical clock. Then write down four interesting facts about the discovery. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research facts about a popular theme park near your community or one of the bigger theme parks in our country such as “Disney World”. Research the height of the tallest ride at the park, the amount of people that visit the park each year, the total amount of square miles of the park and the year that the park first opened.
On your “sticky note”, write the name and the location of the theme park, the height of the tallest ride at the park, the amount of people that visit the park each year, the total square miles of the park and the year that the theme park opened. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the three tallest buildings in the United States. Find out the height of each building and difference between the tallest building and the third tallest building by using subtraction.
On your “sticky note” write the names of the three tallest buildings in the United States and the cities they are in. List the height of each building and the difference in height between the tallest building and the third tallest building. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the job description and job duties of an architect. From your research, record four different ways that an architect uses math in their career.
On your “sticky note” write down a short job description of what an architect does and four different ways that they use math in their career. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the populations of four cities in the world that are not in the United States. List the populations from least to greatest and decompose each population as a sum of so many ten thousands, so many thousands, so many hundreds, so many tens, and so many ones.
On your “sticky note” display the names of each city you chose and the country they are located in. List them in order of their populations from least to greatest. Next to each population, decompose the number as a sum of so many ten thousands, so many thousands, so many hundreds, so many tens, and so many ones. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Buildings come in many different shapes and sizes. Research two buildings that have been built to resemble each of the following two and three dimensional figures: rectangular prism, spheres, and cylinders.
On your “sticky note” write the names of the six buildings that you researched in the shapes of rectangular prisms, spheres, and cylinders. List the city in which each building is located. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Dogs come in all shapes and sizes. Research the size of an average Irish Setter dog. Research a different breed of dog that is approximately ¾ the size of an Irish Setter, 2/3 the size of an Irish Setter, ½ the size of an Irish Setter, 1/3 the size of an Irish Setter and ¼ the size of an Irish Setter.
On your “sticky note”, write the height and weight of the average Irish Setter. Then write the name of the breed of each dog that you are able to find that is approximately ¾, 2/3, ½, 1/3, and ¼ the size of an Irish Setter. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Liquid measurements are volumes, and are always stated in equivalents, like a cup, tablespoon, or teaspoon. Dry weight measurements are always stated in ounces or pounds. Research foods and drinks that were common among early colonists in America. Find four foods or drinks that would be measured in volumes and four foods or drinks that would have been measured in weights.
On your “sticky note” write the names of the four food or drinks popular among colonists that would have been measured in volume and four foods or drinks that would have been measured in weight. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Saturdays are a big day to watch sporting events from baseball, football or even boxing. Research four important sporting events that will take place this Saturday. Write down the name of each event and the starting time. Then determine the amount of time in hours and minutes between each sporting event.
On your “sticky note” create a schedule of the four sporting events that includes the title of each event, the starting time and the amount of hours and minutes between each event. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Brainstorm five occupations that you might be interested in pursuing someday. Find out the average salary or income of each of those occupations for one year. Order the incomes or salaries from greatest to least.
On your “sticky note” write your list of five occupations that you might be interested in pursuing when you grow up. Then list the occupations by their average yearly salary or income from greatest to least. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the “all time” 20 most popular board games ever sold. Choose three of those board games and write two ways that math skills are required to be good at the game.
On your “sticky note” write the three board games you chose out of the top twenty and write two ways that math is used in each of those board games. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Scientists use math every day. Research interesting facts about the sun and write down five interesting facts that you found about the sun that involve math!
On your “sticky note” write down five facts about the sun that involve math. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Kid’s meals are not just for eating; but for math research too. Research the total amount of calories in a hamburger kid’s meal (hamburger, fries, small drink) at four different fast food restaurants by looking at their nutrition charts online. Record the amount of calories on a line or bar graph.
On your “sticky note” include a line or bar graph with the amount of calories in kid’s meals at four different fast food restaurants. Include the title of each fast food restaurant on your graph. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the invention of the hand calculator. Choose four important events that took place in the history of the invention. Make a short time line showing the events that led up to the calculator being invented.
On your “sticky note” write your timeline that includes four important events that led up to the invention of the calculator. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research a recipe online to make chocolate chip cookies or brownies. Illustrate a picture recipe by drawing a picture for the amount of each ingredient. For example if you have to add ½ cup sugar, you should illustrate what a half of cup of sugar would look like and so on.
On your “sticky note” illustrate your picture recipe to make cookies or brownies. Be sure and write a title for your recipe and label the amount next to each ingredient that you have drawn. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the online ads for a grocery store in your community or for a grocery store at a nearby city. On the ads find one non-food item on sale that is over $2.00, one meat item that is priced per pound and one food item over $3.00. List those items and display their prices by drawing pictures of the dollars and coins needed to buy each one.
On your “sticky note” write the name of the three items you found in the grocery store ad: a non-food item over $2.00, a pound of meat and a food item that is priced over $3.00. Then show their prices by drawing the correct bills and coins next to the item.
Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the lives of six television actors or actresses under the age of 14. Research the amount of brothers and sisters each actor or actress has. Create a bar graph to display the information.
On your “sticky note” create your bar graph with the names of the six actors and actresses under the age of 14 and bars on the graph to show how many brothers and sisters each star has in real life. Place your “sticky answer” here!
I love data!
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At a home improvement online store, research home improvement items such as hammers, wrenches, nails and etc. Make a list of four items that come in sets that are even using your rules of divisibility. Then make a list of four things that come in sets that represent odd numbers using your divisibility rules.
On your “sticky note” write your list of four home improvement items that come in sets of even numbers and write your list of four home improvement items that come in sets of odd numbers. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the fictional life of one of your favorite superheroes such as Batman, Spiderman or Captain America. Determine five ways that your superhero might use math to fight crime and villains.
On your “sticky note” write a list of the superhero that you chose and list the five ways they might use math to fight crime and villains. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the five fastest land animals in the world. Find out how many miles per hour each animal can run. Then calculate the amount of miles each animal could run in three hours.
On your “sticky note” write down the names of each animal and how many miles they could each run in one hour’s time and how far each of the animals could run in three hour’s time. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Writing and math go hand in hand! Research poems about math. Find a short poem about math and record the poem on your sticky note.
On your “sticky note” write the poem you found about math, include the title of the poem and the author’s name. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Like dogs, reptiles also come in all shapes and sizes. Research the size of an average crocodile. Research a different reptile that is approximately ¾ the size of a crocodile, 2/3 the size of a crocodile, ½ the size of a crocodile, 1/3 the size of a crocodile and ¼ the size of a crocodile.
On your “sticky note” write the height and weight of the average crocodile. Then write the type of reptiles that you find that are approximately ¾, 2/3, ½, 1/3, and ¼ the size of a crocodile. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Community leaders use math every day in their jobs to help make sure their city or town runs smoothly. Research the job duties of a mayor and find at least five ways that a mayor of a city might use math to run a city efficiently.
On your “sticky note”, create a list of five different ways that a mayor of a city might use math every day to help make a city run smoothly. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Traffic signs come in many shapes and colors. Research six different common road traffic signs that all have a different shapes and sizes. Draw a picture of each of the six road signs that you were able to find and label their shapes.
On your “sticky note” illustrate the six different traffic road signs that you were able to find that come in different shapes and sizes and label their shape. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the difference between a prime number and composite number.
On your “sticky note” write three sentences to explain the difference between a prime number and a composite number. Place your “sticky answer” here!
I wonder what prime and composite numbers are?
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Research the front of the White House building, the front side of the capitol building in your state and the front side of the United States Treasury building. Create a multiplication array to represent the approximate number of windows on the front of each building.
On your “sticky note” illustrate three multiplication arrays to represent the amount of windows on the front of the White House building, your state capitol building, and United States Treasury building. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the year that the state you live in joined the Union (United States). Also research the year that two other of your favorite states joined the Union. Find out how many years each of the three states have been a member of the United States by subtracting the year they joined from the current year.
On your “sticky note” write the names of all three states, the year they entered the Union and the amount of years that each state has been a part of the United States. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Research the two longest interstate highways in the United States. Find out the length of each interstate highway in miles. Determine the difference between the two lengths and add the two lengths together.
On your “sticky note” write the name of the two longest interstate highways in the United States. Record the length of each interstate highway in miles. Record the difference of the length of the two interstate highways and record the total length of both interstate highways put together by using addition. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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Pretend that your parents are going to allow you to have a new household pet in your home (different from the kind of pet you may already have). Research a list of all the things that you would need to buy before your pet arrives. Then determine approximately how much all of these items will cost. On your “sticky note” write the type of
household pet that you want to get for your home. Write down your list of all the things that you will need to buy before that pet comes to live with you and record the approximate cost for all the things that you will have to purchase in order prepare for your pet’s arrival. Place your “sticky answer” here!
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