Explore Apple's spaceship office building. Built in the shape of a circle, the office building offers a unique floor plan challenge. Young scholars use the dimensions of the building to estimate the square footage for each employee. 

Concepts

circles, circumference, area of circles, radius, concentric circles

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Apply the activity as a performance task during a unit on circles
• Ask learners to develop a presentation that argues for a building of a different dimension

Classroom Considerations

• Expects proficiency in calculating the area of circles

Pros

• Incorporates actual news footage as a motivator for the lesson
• Shows a sample solution with explanations

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSG-MG.A.2 MP4