Design your dream classroom. The lesson plan contains an exercise to have teams create a scale drawing of their dream classroom. Pairs take the measurements of their classroom and furniture and create a scale factor for them. To finish the 20th segment in a 22-part series, partners develop a floor plan using their scale factor.

Concepts

scale drawings, scale, scale factors, proportional reasoning, constant of proportionality, proportions, floor plans, blueprints

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Alter the activity, have the teams design their dream bedroom
• Use a second piece of grid paper to have the teams cut out the furniture and arrange it in the scale drawing of the room

Classroom Considerations

• Groups need rulers, furniture catalogs, and grid paper

Pros

• Provides tables to organize measurements
• Includes suggestions on how to differentiate the task based on abilities

Cons

• None

Common Core

7.G.A.1