Run a Lemonade Stand Math PBL Project
Run a Lemonade Stand Math PBL Project
Looking for an engaging, differentiated, and challenging summer project based learning task to enrich your students? This is a perfect math challenge for students during the end of the year, and they'll love getting to run their own lemonade stand.
Students will love getting to work within a budget to plan out how to run their lemonade stand - the supplies, ingredients, treats, and more. You'll love the enriched math practice they get along the way! Students will practice addition and subtraction while learning to work within a budget. They'll finish the project by designing their stand and creating an advertisement. This includes both Printable & Digital versions in Google Slides and Seesaw.
⭐ HERE'S WHAT'S INCLUDED:
•Teacher Tips and Instructions
•Engaging Letter: Get students excited about this project by putting the letter in an envelope and ripping it open along with students!
•Brainstorming Pages: Two brainstorming sheets for students to think about what makes great lemonade, and to start planning details of their stand
•Lemonade Supplies Menus: There are 2 sheets included that display the options students have to pick from for ingredients, supplies, treats and which stand they'd like. These display the prices for each thing as well - there are differentiated options included, and an editable version as well.
•Planning Sheets: Differentiated planning sheets are included. Students will calculate the total they've spent and adjust their purchases to fit within a budget.
•Reflection Questions: Differentiated reflection pages are included. Students will answer questions about what it was like working with a budget and set prices for their cups of lemonade.
•Design the Stand: Students will design their lemonade stand.
•Create an Advertisement: Students will create an advertisement flyer for their lemonade stand, persuading customers to come visit.
*You can differentiate this even further by setting different budgets for your students to work with.