How to Fit in an Entire Classroom on a Sheet?

MATH

$How to Fit in an Entire Classroom on a Sheet?$

Curiosity trigger

The students will make their own maps – they will measure their classroom and draw it to a scale. They will examine legends of maps made to various scales and read out the distances between interesting places on the basis of the maps.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Creative problem-solving
Teamwork and collaboration skills

In this lesson, you will cover:

Common Core State Standards:
MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.A.1. Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

You will need

Large maps of the country and the world, several measuring tapes (or the so-called meter sticks), or tailor’s tape measures.

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Authors

Author: Alicja Kot-Niewiadomska
Methodology: Karolina Hanus
Translation: Paweł Fabrowicz
Producer: Klaudia Chmura

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Photo by Marshman at wikipedia, under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

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