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Having real blueprint paper and a solid base to build a dream house on, will give my students a rich experience. To start this project, my students will have a question and answer session with an interior designer. She will discuss how she uses math, and specifically surface area in her career. After that, the students will design their dream home!
Calculating and building their dream home will be epic. They must create have at least four rooms, and they will calculate the surface area and square footage of each room and hallway. After that, they will measure out their homes on the blueprint paper. They will then build rooms out of cardboard and use the tacky glue and scissors to assemble them based on their measurements. They will also calculate the dimensions of their roof (a triangular prism) and build a roof!
Students will then get to practice their presentation skills and present their work to the class! This project is cross-curricular and brings math to life in a super creative way. We would love your help to make it even more rad!
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Having real blueprint paper and a solid base to build a dream house on, will give my students a rich experience. To start this project, my students will have a question and answer session with an interior designer. She will discuss how she uses math, and specifically surface area in her career. After that, the students will design their dream home!
Calculating and building their dream home will be epic. They must create have at least four rooms, and they will calculate the surface area and square footage of each room and hallway. After that, they will measure out their homes on the blueprint paper. They will then build rooms out of cardboard and use the tacky glue and scissors to assemble them based on their measurements. They will also calculate the dimensions of their roof (a triangular prism) and build a roof!
Students will then get to practice their presentation skills and present their work to the class! This project is cross-curricular and brings math to life in a super creative way. We would love your help to make it even more rad!