$5 - $10 6th Grade Applied Math Lesson (by date, oldest first)

**Get your students moving through the United States while learning geography and math skills. **Students will move through the United States as they travel through seven destinations of their choice. This activity integrates math and geography, featuring map reading and measurement using a map scale. It includes calculations for gas costs, driving times, mileage, and more.

This resource encourages students to **problem-solve **while accurately using a map scale to plan a round trip across the United States. As students calculate distances, mileage, driving times, and gas expenses, they will develop higher-order thinking skills with real-life application.

This engaging activity empowers students to take ownership of their learning. Additionally, the instructions offer helpful tips on using yarn to teach how to measure distances on a road map. Students will learn how travel was done before GPS. Although we rely on GPS systems to get us from Point A to Point B, it is still important to know in today's digital age.

While GPS navigation systems and online mapping tools have made it easier to find our way around, having a good grasp of map scales can still come in handy. By using a map scale, students can accurately calculate distances on maps and understand the relationship between the physical size of the area being represented and its distance on the map. This skill can be useful for planning road trips, hiking excursions, or even understanding the layout of a city. Additionally, knowing how to read a map scale can help students develop spatial awareness and improve their overall geographical knowledge. So, while technology may make navigation more convenient, learning how to use a map scale is still a valuable skill that will never go out of style.

This activity incorporates math with geography:

• Measurement
• Gas Cost Calculations
• Driving Time Calculations
• Mileage Calculations &
• Map Reading

This lesson will require each team has a large laminated road map that can be purchased through or donated by your local stores, such as Walmart or Target.

If you have a way to make poster-sized maps, you can google the road maps of America and there are many that can be found.

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**Permissions **are given to the purchaser to make modifications to the game board using the Word document provided in the zip file. No other modifications may be made to this document.

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Total Pages:4 pages

Answer Key: N/A (Student choice)

Teaching Duration: N/A

Includes 4 card matching activities, saving $4.25 when purchased as a bundle.

Data Displays - matching box plots, histograms, stem and leaf plots and dot plots that represent the same data. Includes teacher questions and discussion slides

Area Formulas - matching shapes with the correct area formula with the side lengths substituted in and the answers. Includes extension & independent practice.

Properties of Operations - matching expressions using commutative, associative and distributive properties along with their corresponding visual representations.

Multiplying with Fractions/Mixed Numbers - matching multiplication problems with their corresponding visual representation to help students understand the various ways to think about and represent multiplying with fractions. Includes extension activity to help students identify when multiplying with fractions results in a product less than both factors, in between the two factors and greater than both factors.

These quizzes and slideshows with good and bad examples are how I introduce the expectations of MYP to my 6th graders (MYP year 1).
This bundle includes a Criterion B quiz, Criterion D quiz and several examples and non examples of the following skills

• Writing a general rule
• Verifying your rule with examples
• Explaining the accuracy of your answer
• Determining if your answer makes sense in the context of the problem

After teaching MYP year 1 for 3 years, these are the MYP skills that my students have struggled with the most.