Computer Lab Activities, Online Learning Activities

National Parks: A Math Hunt Activity

While students enjoy the scenery at America’s great sites, they have to keep an eye out for facts that will help them solve math problems

  • Grades: 3–5, 6–8

In “National Parks” (grades 5–8), an online learning activity from Scholastic’s Math Hunt series, students search for facts that will help them answer five math problems about Liberty State Park, the Everglades, and more incredible sites.

 

In addition to challenging students’ reading comprehension skills, “National Parks” tests these “math hunting” skills:

  • Addition/Subtraction
  • Averages
  • Converting Units of Measurement
  • Decimals & Percentages
  • Ratio & Proportion
  • Reading a Map Scale

 

Sample Question:

What was the average number of people per household in the 1910 census for the Everglades township? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

 

a.     5.0 people per household

b.     29 people per household

c.     4.9 people per household

 

 

Learning Objectives

 

By participating in Math Hunt, students will:

  • Practice problem-solving skills from the grade 5-8 math curriculum
  • Explore topics from the grades 5-8 science and social studies curriculum
  • Learn basic Internet research skills
  • Develop an understanding of the construction of standardized test questions and multiple-choice answers

  • Subjects:
    Social Studies, Addition and Subtraction, Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension, Research Skills, Fractions and Decimals, Logic and Problem Solving, Number Sense, Ratio, Proportion, Scale, Real-World Math, Measurement, Word Problems, Flags, Monuments, Symbols, United States, Communication and the Internet, Computers, Teaching with Technology
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