Curated OER
Mapping Central Park
Students use the mapping skills to explore New York's Central Park. They examine a map of Central Park to discover its features. After discussing the characteristics of the park, students design their own dream park and draw it to scale.
Curated OER
Planning a Garden
Seventh graders research the World Wide Web to research and plan a garden for their school. They draw a scale model of the garden, determine the cost, and create a presentation to promote their garden plan.
Curated OER
Unit 19 Scale Drawing
In these scale drawing worksheets, students read the distance problems and select the answer from the choices. Students complete 9 problems.
Curated OER
The Mathematics of Space and Place
Students investigate the measurements and geometry of the school grounds. They conduct inquiry while measuring the campus and some of the city blocks. Then students draw a map to scale and categorize property types using a pie graph.
Curated OER
Ratios
Sixth graders pariticipate in a lesson that focuses on the finding of a ratio and using it to set up a proportion in realtionship to creating a scale drawing. This is done using given problems. It would be valuable for students to have...
NASA
Nasa: Earth, Moon and Mars Balloons
In this lesson, young scholars will construct a scale model of the Earth-Moon-Mars system.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Robotic Perimeter
Students learn and practice how to find the perimeter of a polygonal shape. Using a ruler, they measure model rooms made of construction paper walls. They learn about other tools, such as a robot, that can help them take measurements....
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Scale Drawings and Models
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of scale drawings and models. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Scale Drawings
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of scale drawings. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 3 Scale Drawings and Models
Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of scale drawings and models. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Architects in Action
Through this lesson plan, students will learn how to use ratios to create a scale drawing of their classroom's floor plan. It provides adaptations, discussion questions, assessment rubric, and suggested readings to help develop students'...
The Tech Interactive
The Tech Interactive: Lesson Plan: Catch It if You Can! [Pdf]
Learners will learn about the ongoing issues associated with drought in California and how water conservation can be part of a solution. Students will design a rooftop water catchment system for drought-conscious Ms. Drizzle to install...
OER Commons
Oer Commons: Scale
Seventh graders will explore scale and use it to find measurements in scale drawings.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Map Your World
Students can follow these easy steps to develop a model (drawing) of their room and the things in it. Then they can broaden the drawing to include their entire floor, apartment, or house.
Other
Ontario Council for Technology Education: Designing a Tool Storage Board [Pdf]
Students begin this project by taking an inventory of hand tools at home. They then categorize their tools and make a detailed list in a spreadsheet. After research on tool storage, they will choose materials and a tool board style, then...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Scale Drawings
Get independent practice working with scale drawings. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Scaling Three Dimensional Figures
Get independent practice working with scaling three-dimensional figures. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Mysteries of the Deep: Life Sized Drawing
Use a scale drawing of the Hunley as a model from which to draw a full-scale version of the Confederate submarine, the CSS H.L. Hunley.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.g Floor Plan
This lesson plan has students solving word problems using scale drawings.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.g Map Distance
This lesson plan has students solve problems using scale drawings on a map.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Constructing Scale Drawings
An urban planner needs your help in creating a scale drawing. Let's use our knowledge about scale factor, length, and area to assist. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpreting Scale Drawings
Students practice interpreting scale models, receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Identifying Scale Factor
Interactive quiz where students count the squares in the grid to determine the scale factor of the shapes.