Fun Fall Projects to Teach Math Skills

1. Cut apples into halves, quarters, and eighths to teach fractions


2. Give each group of students a pumpkin and ask them to estimate how many seeds are inside


3. Go on a leaf hunt, then split the leaves into different categories - by shape, size, color, etc. - and create bar graphs to show how many there are of each.


4. Using a bathroom scale, have students weigh themselves, then weigh themselves holding a pumpkin, and ask them to then figure out the weight of the pumpkin.


5. Use a venn diagram to compare pumpkins to apples (or use any fall produce)


6. Discuss math strategies to estimate how many leaves are on a tree.


7. Chart fall temperatures using the weather page of your local paper. Create graphs to show how the temperature goes up and down over the course of a month.


8. Have each student bring a squash or gourd to school. Calculate their lengths, weights, and circumferences, then make charts comparing the different types.


9. In honor of Columbus/Explorer's Day, calculate how many miles different explorers traveled. Compare which ones traveled the farthest, and the differences between each mileage total.


10. Collect acorns and then have students see how many different kinds of math problems they can come up with using them.