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4th Grade September Math Adventure- Case of the World Famous Rock

4th Grade September Math Adventure- Case of the World Famous Rock

$6.25Price

The Culture Crook is planning to steal one of the world’s most well-known rocks, but the Learning League has vowed to stop him in his tracks! It’s up to your class and the League to solve the clues by solving math problems and narrow down which rock is in danger. This Math Adventure will keep your classroom explorers engaged and working hard on math skills, while learning some science!

 

Also available for 3rd and 5th grade.

 

WHO is this mystery for?

Students on the 4th grade level who are practicing these math skills: 

  • Multiplication with 10 and 100s

  • Complex Expanded Notation

  • Locating Numbers on a Number Line

  • Strip Diagrams (addition & subtraction)

  • Add Whole Numbers with Decimals

 

Teachers looking for a quick-prep, rigorous but differentiated, interdisciplinary activity that showcases topics that are often ignored or unexplored within social studies and science curriculum. 

 

WHAT is included?

This adventure is an hour-long activity that can be completed in 3 Tracks:

 

  • Track 1: ORIGINAL

    • Students read the mystery on a printed booklet, and they solve the clues by answering questions on Google Slides, which they can access with a QR code or link on a computer, tablet, or phone.

  • Track 2: ANALOG

    • Students read the mystery on a printed booklet, and they solve the clues by answering questions on printed task cards.

  • Track 3: DIGITAL

    • Students read the mystery in one browser window of Google Slides, and they solve the clues by toggling between another browser window of Google Slides to answer questions. This method works great for laptops, but is not recommended for tablets. 

 

No matter which track you take, the core of the activity is the same. Students always have access to the mystery story, 41 math problems, 5 Science Exploration posters, a Writing Challenge, and an integral poster about:

 

Blarney Stone, Plymouth Rock, Rock of Gibraltar, Rosetta & The Black Stone of Mecca

 

Students will walk away from this lesson knowing these science concepts:

  • How humans and animals have used rocks and stones
  • Different types of rocks
  • The largest rock, or monolith, on Earth
  • and more!!

 

WHEN is it designed to be completed?

These skills are best practiced at the beginning of the year, and September 16th happens to be Collect Rocks Day!

 

WHERE can students solve this mystery?

Students can complete this activity in your classroom with pen and paper or technology, and even from home, thanks to the Digital Track!

 

HOW can this activity be differentiated?

Using either of these methods, you can scaffold these activities to meet each of your students, exactly where they’re at.

 

  • CUSTOMIZATION: great for students above and below grade level

    • Each math problem can be edited to whatever you please! Hypothetically, you could buy this mystery for the framework it provides, and change every single question. 

  • AUDIO SUPPORTS: great for multilingual students

    • For the tracks including technology, your students have access to a read-aloud of not just the story, but each word written on Google Slides. 

 

WHY should your students adventure with the Learning League?

 

  • Low teacher prep/High student engagement

  • Anti-racist curriculum that uplifts women and Black and Indigenous people of color

  • Three activity tracks with DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION

  • Audio scaffolding and editable problems

 

TRY OUT A MYSTERY FOR FREE!

Download The Oil Spill Mystery for math and The Case of the Absent Abolitionist for reading.

 

Adventure also available on TeachersPayTeachers!

 

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