Fifth Grade 

Students will persuade their principal to open an ice cream stand in the cafeteria to raise money for Math Week. They will find the eight most popular flavors of ice cream in the school and display them in a bar graph. They will they buy supplies for their ice cream stand and determine what to charge for an ice cream cone. Finally, they will write a persuasive letter to the principal using their research findings for support.

Students will create a beautiful new park in their community that will feature plenty of space and includes a working ecosystem where producers, consumers, and decomposers will work together as a food chain. Students will become park designers and work with the mayor and other landscape architects to design and create this new community outdoor space. 

Students will publicly exhibit the following:

1. Illustrate and label a picture of a park.

2. Create a brochure that highlights all the parts of their park ecosystem.

3.  Write a letter to the local newspaper to inform them about the new park and its offer to the community.

4. Students will create a PowerPoint to inform the mayor about the importance of a working ecosystem in the new park with a partner. 

5. Create a diorama of a new park design and include some parts of the working ecosystem.

6. Write in a journal what they learned about the working parts of an ecosystem.