Sew up pupil interest with an engaging, hands-on lesson. Learners first design a sports bag given constraints on the dimensions of fabric. They then evaluate provided sample responses to identify strengths and weaknesses of included arguments.

Concepts

2-d shapes, 3-d figures, elements of design, circumference, nets

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Team up with a family and consumer sciences teacher 

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have access to calculators
• Lesson suggests conducting the assessment task portion several days in advance of the main lesson

Pros

• Includes solutions to the task and all guiding questions
• Contains a questionnaire for individual reflection to improve responses to original task

Cons

• None

Common Core

7.EE.B.3 7.EE.B.4.a 7.EE.B.4.b 7.G.A.2 7.G.A.3 7.G.B.4 7.G.B.6 MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MP5 MP6 MP8