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Designing 3d Products: Candy Cartons Lesson PlanDesigning 3d Products: Candy Cartons Lesson Plan
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Mathematics Assessment Project
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6th
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Duration
3 hrs
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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Designing 3d Products: Candy Cartons

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Wouldn't it be great to work in a candy factory? Learners get their chance as they first design a carton for a candy that meets certain requirements. They then examine and analyze nets and explanations in sample student responses.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

design, elements of design, nets, prisms

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Team up with an art teacher for the activity

Classroom Considerations

  • Activity requires a lot of materials, so be sure to have all on hand
  • Lesson guide suggests providing assessment task to learners several days before the main lesson to give instructors time to examine responses

Pros

  • Contains guiding questions to correct common issues with understanding
  • Includes projector resources that can be used with a variety of technology, from overhead projectors to SmartBoards

Cons

  • None

Common Core

6.G.A.4 MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MP5 MP6 MP8

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