World Traveler Math & Geography Research Project
This is a cross-curricular learning project that integrates social studies, math, geography, research, and writing. It is a great activity for the end of the year or enrichment any time!
To complete this project, students travel to different continents as they take a world tour of six different countries. Through their travels, they will learn the location of these countries along with important facts about the culture.
The countries students will visit and learn about include:
- Australia
- Brazil
- China
- Egypt
- Germany
- Russia
SKILLS
To get to each destination, students must use their budgeted money to buy plane tickets. They will also:
- use 3-digit subtraction with regrouping to calculate how much money is left after each purchase
- calculate elapsed time to find the length of each flight
- find and mark each location on a world map
- label the continents on a map
- label the compass rose with cardinal directions
Students record their travels in a passport booklet. They will research each location to complete its page in the passport with the following information for each country:
- continent
- capital city
- official language
- currency
- climate
- important landmark
Kid-safe website suggestions for conducting research are included.
The first page of the passport is the travel budget. Students use this page to keep track of their tickets and calculate how much money they have left after each purchase.
The last three pages of the passport include a landmark matching activity, a page with addition, subtraction, and elapsed time questions, and descriptive and opinion writing activities.
After traveling to all six destinations, students will:
- use 3-digit addition with regrouping to calculate the total money spent
- write a descriptive paragraph about a landmark of their choice
- write an opinion paragraph about the location they would like to visit again
MATERIALS
This resource includes everything you need to complete the activity with little prep:
- Teacher instructions
- World map in color and black/white
- 12-page passport booklet
- Customs stamps for each country
- Boarding passes/airline tickets
- Travel book to hold tickets and stamps
- Answer keys
This activity is most appropriate for third or fourth grade.
World Traveler 3rd 4th Grade Math Enrichment Geography Country Research Project
Grade Level:
3 to 4
Pages:
25
File Type:
PDF
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