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.

Concepts

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

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Additional Tags

math

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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