Help your students review key middle school math skills with this fun, real-world Plan a Summer BBQ Math Project for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade! Students take on the role of a BBQ party planner and must budget, shop, measure, calculate, compare, and design. With 8 print-and-go tasks, creative activities, and an engaging theme, you're ready for 2-3 days of low-stress, independent review.
Two creative standout tasks make this project especially memorable: students build and compare two drink coolers using 3D nets, and they create a backyard BBQ blueprint drawn to scale on graph paper. The summer theme keeps students motivated, while the real-world problem solving makes the maths feel relevant.
Here's what you'll get:
8 self-contained math tasks (Printable PDF)
Complete answer key
Grading rubric
Teacher instruction page with differentiation tips and theme day ideas if you want to run this as a backyard BBQ classroom transformation!
The 8 included tasks cover:
Percents and budgeting through BBQ budget planning
Unit rates and best buys through food shopping comparisons
Volume and 3D geometry through building and comparing two cooler nets
Multiplication, division, and elapsed time through grilling calculations
Ratios, scaling, and cost analysis through a lemonade recipe task
Fractions, percents, and probability through backyard games
Scale drawing and geometry through a backyard BBQ blueprint
Financial reasoning and analysis through the final budget reflection task
Ideas for Use:
This project works beautifully as an end-of-year math project, an after-testing activity, summer school review, enrichment task, or sub-friendly packet. Since each part is self-contained, you can assign the full project or pick only the sections that best fit your students’ needs and your available class time.
✨ Want to go all out? Turn it into a backyard BBQ theme day with checkered tablecloths, lantern lights, summer music, and real coolers for students to compare on the day they complete the 3D net task. The teacher guide even includes extra ideas for classroom setup and differentiation.
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This activity was a life saver to cover financial literacy during our last month of school with devices being stored away for summer break. My students were engaged and enjoyed the tasks. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Thank you!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “"I used this activity as a post testing, end of the school year, power through to the finish project. I was able to start it with them and leave it for a sub to finish as well. Very easy for them to navigate on their own . . . love it!"
Help your students review key middle school math skills with this fun, real-world Plan a Summer BBQ Math Project for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade! Students take on the role of a BBQ party planner and must budget, shop, measure, calculate, compare, and design. With 8 print-and-go tasks, creative activities, and an engaging theme, you're ready for 2-3 days of low-stress, independent review.
Two creative standout tasks make this project especially memorable: students build and compare two drink coolers using 3D nets, and they create a backyard BBQ blueprint drawn to scale on graph paper. The summer theme keeps students motivated, while the real-world problem solving makes the maths feel relevant.
Here's what you'll get:
8 self-contained math tasks (Printable PDF)
Complete answer key
Grading rubric
Teacher instruction page with differentiation tips and theme day ideas if you want to run this as a backyard BBQ classroom transformation!
The 8 included tasks cover:
Percents and budgeting through BBQ budget planning
Unit rates and best buys through food shopping comparisons
Volume and 3D geometry through building and comparing two cooler nets
Multiplication, division, and elapsed time through grilling calculations
Ratios, scaling, and cost analysis through a lemonade recipe task
Fractions, percents, and probability through backyard games
Scale drawing and geometry through a backyard BBQ blueprint
Financial reasoning and analysis through the final budget reflection task
Ideas for Use:
This project works beautifully as an end-of-year math project, an after-testing activity, summer school review, enrichment task, or sub-friendly packet. Since each part is self-contained, you can assign the full project or pick only the sections that best fit your students’ needs and your available class time.
✨ Want to go all out? Turn it into a backyard BBQ theme day with checkered tablecloths, lantern lights, summer music, and real coolers for students to compare on the day they complete the 3D net task. The teacher guide even includes extra ideas for classroom setup and differentiation.
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This activity was a life saver to cover financial literacy during our last month of school with devices being stored away for summer break. My students were engaged and enjoyed the tasks. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Thank you!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “"I used this activity as a post testing, end of the school year, power through to the finish project. I was able to start it with them and leave it for a sub to finish as well. Very easy for them to navigate on their own . . . love it!"
