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8th - 10th
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Math
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21 days
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Scale Model Project

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  • Project Overview and Rubrics (.pdf)
  • Choosing a Scale Worksheet (.pdf)
  • Choosing a Scale Worksheet Example Answers (.pdf)
  • Engineering Drawing Example (.pdf)
  • Area and Volume Worksheet (.pdf)
  • Area and Volume Worksheet Example Answers (.pdf)
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Try your hand at scale models. Scholars create a scale model of an object using a scale factor of their choice. As part of the project, they give presentations on their processes and calculations. This is the last installment of the series of three.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

scale models, scale, area, area formulas, proportions, ratios, scale factors, surface area, volume

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Have a contest to see which group can create the best model

Classroom Considerations

  • Project expects some in-class time and some out-of-class time
  • Learners should be able to calculate surface and volume of three-dimensional figures

Pros

  • Provides investigating questions for use throughout the project
  • Lets scholars choose which objects they would like to use to create their scale models

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSG-GMD.B.4 HSG-MG.A.1 HSG-MG.A.3

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