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Blend art, adolescent snacking habits, and math to create new cereal boxes. Secondary learners review scale drawings. They use this information to construct cereal boxes to scale and will compare their creation to the original product to determine if the manufacturers have made fraudulent claims about the contents of the cereal box. Part of a three-lesson series; links to two related activities are included.

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scale drawings, data analysis, surface area, volume

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data, scale drawing, surface area, volume, math
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Technology
Calculator
Year
2006

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