Design a Dream Bedroom Area and Perimeter Math Project - 4th and 5th Grade

With this math project based learning unit your students will design a dream bedroom and apply the skills of area and perimeter, surface area, scale factor, adding decimals and multiplication. This highly engaging math pbl unit will show your students the real world applications of what they are learning in class!

** Now includes METRIC and CUSTOMARY versions of all measurement pages!

Please open the PREVIEW to see what is included in this fun project!

This math PBL includes:

• Project overview
• Outline of suggested daily plans
• Helpful hints for teachers
• Student pages for all activities (includes metric and customary versions of all measurement pages)
• 2 student reflection pages
• 3D model pieces for beds and dressers
• Extra grid paper for students to build their own 3D models of additional furniture
• Rubric for project
• Photo examples

Your students will:

• learn about scale factor and apply it to drawing a floor plan
• learn how to draw blue print symbols to identify where they will put their door and window(s)
• use furniture dimensions to calculate the area and perimeter of their furniture
• use furniture dimensions to draw their furniture to scale on their floor plan
• calculate the area of their bedroom floor and the surface area of their bedroom walls and use this information to make decisions about flooring and wall treatments
• draw a final floor plan to show where all of their furniture will be in their room

Extensions included in this resource

• Dream bedroom expenses: students will keep a running tab of how much money they spend on their dream bedroom design
• 3D Model: students will create a 3D model, to scale, of the dream bedroom they have designed. They will use the provided floor/wall templates to "build" the room, use the bed and dresser templates to get started with furniture, and then create nets to "build" any additional furniture they include.

This is the perfect math PBL project for kids to practice using their math skills in a real world situation while incorporating art and design into your math class.

Skills Included in This Project:

• scale
• area
• perimeter
• multiplication, division, addition
• surface area
• 3D nets of solids (furniture)
• organization
• visual spatial skills

Customary and Metric versions are included for:

• walls, doors and window measurements and planning
• floor plan drawing sheet
• furniture dimensions list
• paint/wallpaper dimensions and costs
• flooring dimensions and costs
• 3D model templates for: floors, walls, beds, dressers

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