Description
Connect classroom skills to a practical project with purposeful decisions and problem solving.
- Grades: 2
- Format: Printable pages + Google Slides
Learning Objective
Students follow instructions on building a zoo by choosing the animals for their zoo, creating a blueprint, calculating length and width, interpret data.
What's Included
- Build a Zoo
- Cupcake's Galore
- Measure Twice, Cut Once
- Printable PDF and Google Slides versions of each project
- Additional challenge activities
Ways to Use
Project-based learning, enrichment, collaborative problem solving, or a culminating activity.
Preparation
Preview the student pages, choose the activities, and print the pages you need. For digital use, check device and internet access and assign the version you will use.
Standards & Skills
Source-listed alignment: 2.OA.A.1, 2.NBT.A.2, 2.NBT.A.3, 2.NBT.A.4, 2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.6, 2.NBT.B.7, 2.MD.C.8, 2.OA.B.2, 2.OA.C.4, 2.NBT.A.1, 2.MD.C.7, 2.MD.A.1, 2.MD.A.2, 2.MD.A.3, 2.MD.A.4, 2.MD.B.5, 2.MD.B.6, 2.MD.D.9.











Celinda S. –
We are using these as our lessons on those half days and my kids are loving them.
Holly B. –
My students enjoyed working on this project. My students worked with a partner.
Alyson Sherman –
this was a great resource for my multilevel learners.
Dee H. –
This was a great resource to use throughout the year.
Erin Weathers –
Love having these to use at the end of the school year to review all concepts learned and they incorporate all areas of academics
Alicia P. –
A Great Help! This resource really helped support me for the new year!
April L. –
These are fun ways to teach the students how to apply math skills to things that can happen.
Magic with Miss Lyss –
Great math projects to implement with instruction. Real word and easy to use for all students!
Maria C G. –
This was easy to use, well-organized, and saved me valuable planning time. My students were engaged, and the materials aligned well with our learning goals. Thank you for creating such a helpful tool!
Sara J. –
My students loved engaging with these as a review of the standards we learned this year. 🙂
Holly G. –
We absolutely love these resources. I love how they build on a math lesson we have done in a fun way. My second grader (8) absolutely loved doing these and stayed engaged the entire time. Some of them are a little lengthy so we would break it down into multiple days so he didn’t get overwhelmed or burnt out. Highly recommend…so much so that we went back and got others.
Hannah D. –
My PBL group loved these! Their favorite was the cupcake PBL.
Dawn S. –
This project-based learning math bundle was a wonderful resource for my higher learners. It was both a challenging and engaging resource.
Whitney Rasmussen –
I’ve only done the cupcake one so far, but I love how much it stretched my higher level students. It was a real challenge for them and took multiple days to complete. I’m excited to use the other two as we finish out the year!
Stefani Bryant –
My students love doing these project-based learning units! Very engaging.
Elizabeth V. –
I am using this in small groups and my high kids really enjoy these.
Kelsey M. –
my students really enjoyed these, thank you for sharing
Alyssa F. –
This was a fun and engaging PBL lesson for my students to do. It was hands on, and the enjoyed working on it.
helenna L. –
Such a great resources for hands on learning my students absolutely loved this.
MrsPugh –
This is a great resource- very engaging for my students!
SharLee R. –
I love using this resource for problem-solving. My students are very engaged and love trying to figure out each problem. I love watching them discuss and work together to figure it out. I love that they have to use text evidence to solve each problem.
Carmen M. –
Thanks for the resource, it was great, my students enjoyed it.
Princess T. –
My students loved this project based learning activity. Especially the zoo one. In my classroom I had them work in groups to solve the problems and to give my students the abilities to be teachers during a lesson. I believe my students learned better from each other and by having a more hands on experience with the activity. Everyday during center time the students would ask if they could work in their groups to finish creating their own zoo.
Morgan O. –
I used this in our final week of school for math. The kids enjoyed the activities, and it was a lot of fun for all.
Sara N. –
I love these Project based learning activities as much as my students do! I love to use them during Math intervention time, where the students can work on their projects at their own pace. I love the numerous skills included, and how they do things at their level. So much fun! They always want to do more!
Trudy Z. –
I use this resource as a must do/may do activity. Students love these options when their required work is completed.
Caroline O. –
These are excellent activities that allow students to move at their own pace. It provides natural differentiation with the challenges included.
KATRINA T. –
This resource is very engaging. My students love the challenge these PBLs give.
Lauren T. –
Great resource to use for enrichment during our math block.
Katelin L. –
I love how this takes the skills we are working on and puts them into real-life situations so they see the value in the skills being learned.
Jennifer J. –
Fabulous! Authentic learning covering a multitude of standards! We love MagiCore!
Sandra M. –
My students loved reviewing all math concepts while working together on this fun project!
Infinite Spark for Learning –
Super interesting and challenging! Very engaging.
Brenda Kastner –
Using as an extension project for my higher level kiddos and they love it. Highly recommend!
Nutenna W. –
My students are loving these.
Halley C. –
This is such a great resource for my students!