Parking structures don't build themselves. Investigate the process of designing and planning the construction of a parking garage. After considering the factors that must go into the design, scholars create their own models from a set of constraints. 

Concepts

design, area, math modeling, slope, scale

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Vary the constraints given to groups to differentiate the lesson
• Incorporate as a performance task during a unit on scale models

Classroom Considerations

• Expects an understanding of finding the area of quadrilaterals and slope

Pros

• Provides documents in an editable format
• Includes a teaching guide to help plan for the activity

Cons

• None

Common Core

7.G.A.1