Get ready to scoop up some math skills with our 2nd grade Ice Cream Truck Project-Based Learning! This print-and-go PBL is designed to engage and challenge second graders. Students will use their math skills to run their very own ice cream truck business.

You have been hired to run an ice cream truck! It is your job to stock the ice cream truck with tasty treats, keep track of the money you earned, and serve delicious ice cream to the community in a timely manner!

Through a series of fun and interactive activities, students will:

• Use addition to determine how much ice cream they need to stock up on
• Use time to create a schedule for their truck stops
• Solve simple money word problems to fulfill customer orders
• Use pictographs and bar graphs to answer questions about schedules
• Measure the heights of their delicious ice cream treats
• Use addition with money to determine the costs of sundaes

With this activity, students will develop essential math skills like addition, subtraction, time, money, measurement, and graphing- all while having fun and satisfying their sweet tooth. Whether you’re a teacher looking for an engaging math activity for your classroom or a parent looking for a fun way to support your child’s math learning at home, our Ice Cream Truck Project-Based Learning resource will have your students solving realistic math problems in an engaging way.

⭐Students evaluate their work with a self-evaluation rubric and response.

⭐ Additional “challenge activities” engage students and develop further understanding of the concepts and skills.

⭐ This 2nd grade spring math activity incorporates the following math standards:

• 2.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems.
• 2.OA.C.4 Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
• 2.NBT.A.2 Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
• 2.NBT.A.4 Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits
• 2.NBT.B.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
• 2.MD.C.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
• 2.MD.C.8 Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
• 2.MD.D.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with a single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories

Key Features:

✏️ Low Prep – Print-and-go format makes this resource quick to prep. and use. You do not need to spend money on extra supplies or hours of time prepping for this PBL!

✏️ Printable & Digital Format – Printable PDF & Google Slides formats make this resource perfect for classroom instruction, distance learning, and everywhere in between. Digital and printable versions are consistent, so they can be used for combination print and digital activities.

✏️ Educational & Engaging – This resource will capture the imagination of your students while they practice key math skills. Students are hired as ice cream truck managers to explore the processes of inventory, ordering, scheduling, and revenue. Their job is to use data from sales to analyze the profits of the ice cream truck.

✏️ Differentiation – Three challenge activities mean that you can challenge your high performing students while making the resource accessible to your on-level and below-level students.

What’s Included?

This spring-themed project based learning math activity contains the following:

1. Directions for the teacher

2. Ice Cream Truck Mania Tasks

3. Ice Cream Supply Check

4. Ice Cream Truck Stop Schedule

5. Counting Money

6. Hungry Customers Graphs and Word Problems

7. Challenge #1: Ice Cream Sizes

8. Challenge #2: Ice Cream Flavors

9. Challenge #3: Toppings Galore

10. Self-Reflection

11. Self-Evaluation

12. Answer Key

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