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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Scaling the Map

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn how to determine map distances and areas using the map scale. They get a feel for how much an area represents on the map in relation to the size they are suggesting for their underground caverns to shelter the Alabraska...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Scale and Indirect Measurement Applications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use map scales and proportions to solve for unknown distances.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Aiming for the Basketball Hall of Fame

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from TV 411, two Atlanta Hawks players plan a driving route to reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. They use map scales to estimate their travel distances.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hurricane! Saving Lives With Reasoning & Computer Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop and apply the distance formula and an x-y coordinate plane on a hurricane tracking map, and then use a map scale to determine distance in miles. Then, using MATLAB computer science programming language, students help...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Blazing the Trail Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using a scale, determine the distance between landmarks on a map. Printable lesson.