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Item Nr: B 91702 Title: Designing Environments
Grade Lvl: T Author: Johnson, Christine
Length: 140 Prod/Pub: ADDISON-WESLEY
Copyright: 1998 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 14 days
 
  Middle school module developed by Washington MESA is designed to heighten students' problem-solving and computation skills as they actually design cabins and wildlife sections for a "real-life" environmental camp. Students work in teams to develop floor plans, prepare cost estimates and build a scale model. They learn how perimeter and area relationships can influence design decisions and cost effectiveness. Students use ratios to describe roof pitch. Module has links to history, writing, and careers plus assessment strategies. From the series Real-World Mathematics Through Science.

  Subjects:
  98 - ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING
  99 - ARCHITECTURE
  1283 - CAREER EDUCATION
  394 - DESIGN
  1401 - HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
  1408 - INTERDISCIPLINARY/INTEGRATED CURRICULUM
  715 - MATHEMATICS/MATH
  716 - MATHEMATICS/MATH--STUDY AND TEACHING
  1294 - PROBLEM SOLVING, MATH
  1630 - PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATE MATH (MATHEMATICS)
  1631 - PROFESSIONAL JUNIOR HIGH MATH (MATHEMATICS)
  967 - SCIENCE
  970 - SCIENCE--STUDY AND TEACHING