Grab your coat and hat because we are headed to a Winterpalooza full of fun and engaging winter sports-themed project-based learning activities. This is a great way to get students excited for the winter games and give them extra practice in essential math skills. This differentiated activity is designed for students in grades 2-5.
Winter Sports Project-Based Learning Activities
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Grab your coat and hat because we are headed to a Winterpalooza full of fun and engaging winter sports-themed project-based learning activities. This is a great way to get students excited for the winter games and give them extra practice in essential math skills. This differentiated activity is designed for students in grades 2-5.
Winterpalooza is a special event held every four years where athletes from all over the world compete in various winter sports. You might know it by another name (wink, wink). And your students are lucky enough to have tickets. But this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so they will want to make the most of it. As they create a schedule of events, pick out souvenirs, analyze statistics, and graph medal counts, they’ll be practicing elapsed time, adding, subtracting, money, graphing, and… This Winterpalooza is one extraordinary event they will never forget.
And teachers don’t have to get up before dawn to prepare for the festivities. This no-prep activity is easy to prep and use in the classroom. All you need do is print and teach. Which leaves plenty of time to follow your favorite events.
What’s Inside:
- Detailed teacher directions
- Easy to differentiate options for lower (2nd-3rd) and upper (4th-5th) grades
- 5 different winter sports-themed math activities with 9 pages of activities for each level
- Color and black and white versions
- Answer keys
Skills covered:
Lower Version Grades 2 & 3:
- Time & Elapsed time
- Money
- Adding & Subtracting
- Graphing
- Interpreting Data
- Problem Solving
Upper Version Grades 4 & 5:
- Average
- Time & Elapsed time
- Money
- Decimals
- Adding & Subtracting
- Multiplication
- Graphing
- Interpreting Data
- Problem Solving
How to use this resource:
There are a variety of ways to use this resource in the classroom:
- Use as a whole group activity. It’s perfect for a Friday afternoon when you are in between units, or as a break from your regular material.
- Use as a part of a unit on the winter games.
- Use one activity per day for a week.
- Place activities in student math centers.
- Assign to students to complete individually.
- Allow students to work together or in a small group.
- When using the colored version, print just a few copies and laminate or slide into page protectors. Students can use an expo marker to complete the activities and you’ll have the activity for years.
- Use during guided-math groups to provide extra support to students.
- Include it in your sub plans.
Differentiation:
- This PBL activity is easy to differentiate. We’ve included two complete versions of the activity for you. Simply select the activities that best meet the needs of your learners.
- Use either the lower grade version or the upper-grade version, or pick and choose activities from each.
- Use different versions of the activities with individual students.
- Complete more difficult activities as a whole group or in guided math groups.
Time to Complete:
This activity should take between 45-60 minutes, depending on the skill level of your students and whether or not they are working in groups. Feel free to modify the activities to accommodate your schedule.
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