Create a Food Truck Business Project - Math Project Based Learning - Math PBL

This design a food truck project based learning math activity puts students in charge of designing and setting up their own food truck. This math pbl unit encourages students to create their own food truck through problem solving, collaboration, research, creativity, math and ELA skills.

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This project based learning food truck project focuses on applying the skills of:

• decimals
• area and perimeter
• volume
• scaling a recipe
• converting measurements
• unit price
• working with a budget
• descriptive writing
• inquiry and research
• communication
• entrepreneurship
• marketing

This PBL math food truck project is broken up into six sections

• Food Truck Basics- students will learn about food trucks, create a name, logo, slogan, hashtags, and design the outside of their truck. This section makes the project their own and different from everyone else's!
• Food Truck Menus- students will brainstorm menu ideas, decide on menu items, create a menu design, brainstorm descriptive words to describe their menu items, and write descriptions for their menu items.
• Food Truck Pricing- Students will learn how to scale a recipe to serve 100, how to convert measurements to buy ingredients in large quantities and how to calculate the per unit cost of one serving. They will then use these skills to scale one recipe (or more) for their own food truck, buy ingredients, and calculate the price per unit for their item.
• Food Truck Equipment and Layout- Students will work with a budget too purchase the appliances, supplies and cooking tools they need inside their food truck. They will calculate their total spending. Then, they will create an interior layout using a scale to draw a floor plan including the appliances and major items purchased. For each item on the floor plan, they will calculate the area, perimeter and volume.
• Food Truck Marketing- Students will create a playlist that is intended to create a mood/atmosphere around their food truck. Students will create an Instagram feed for their food truck and discuss the power of visuals. Finally, they will design a t-shirt that can be sold or used as a marketing tool for walking advertising.
• Food Truck Model- Students will create a scale model of their food truck. They will design the exterior to be visually appealing and memorable so it stands out from the crowd. Then they will use nets to create 3D models of the appliances/furniture inside their truck.

Ideas for an entry event, end of unit activity, and extensions are also included!

What is included?

• project overview
• entry event ideas
• teacher layout/information plan for each section
• student pages for each section
• reflection questions for sections 1-5
• photo directions for making a 3D model of your food truck
• pieces/nets for students to use to make their 3D model
• final activity suggestion
• end of unit student reflection
• end of unit grading rubric

Do all six sections or pick and choose the sections that work best for your class!

***Because this project is unique to each child's choices and decision making, an answer key for every page is not possible. I have included answer keys for four pages where students answers will not vary.

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