Buitdi ng Burainys DireckorS ‘To introduce this activity, distribute interlocking cubes to students. In this activity, you will use interlocking cubes to build buildings. Pretend that each cube is a room in a building. You can make a building that is one story (or floor), two stories, or more than two stories tall. There is ~ one rule: Each story must have the same number of rooms and fit exactly over the one below it. Start out using the cubes to make a building that ‘has three rooms and one story. When you have finished, placo it in front ‘you. Compare students’ buildings. Most students will have made the first build- ing below; a few may have made the second. Now make your building taller—two, three, or even four stories. Remember, every story must have the same number of rooms and fit, exactly over the one below it. How many rooms are in your building? ‘Students share their buildings and the number of rooms in them. Ask if stu- dents can predict the number of rooms that would be in their building if it were ton stories high. Distribute Student Sheet 12, Build a Building, to each student. Explain that the rectangles lettered A, B, C, D, and E show the outline of the bottom story of five different buildings. Students use interlocking cubes to build each building. At the bottom of the sheet, they record the number of rooms {in each building, and whether the building is one story, two stories, and so on. Point out that the last column asks for the number of rooms in ten-story buildings. (You may want to demonstrate how to record on the student sheet using the overhead projector.) When students are finished, they can make a building of their own. 1 Note: Student Sheet 12 is designed for use with 34” interlocking cubes. If you have 2-cm cubes, you will need to redraw the outlines (or adjust your copier) for this student sheet. Students can keep the student sheet in their math folders until they are ready to use it.Name Build a Building Use interlocking cubes to build these buildings. A Building | 1 story 2 stories Number of Rooms 3 stories 4 stories 5 stories | 10 stories My Building (© Peoron Eden he. Investigation 1 + Sessions 6-8 Shapes, Halves, and SymmetryThe Box Factory Design Brief Background: We have learned about spatial structuring, decomposing shapes, and ‘measuring length and area. These concepts and skills are all closely related to volume. Challenge: A box factory hires you to design boxes of different sizes and shapes. Each box must hold 24 items. They already make a box with two rows by six columns of chocolates, That box has two layers. ‘You must determine the number of different arrangements of rows and columns and layers possible to hold 24 items. You must also prepare a presentation of the box design options and defend your suggestions. Criteria: ‘Your presentation must: . * Present all of the different arrangements possible * Prove your arrangements exhaust all of the possible combinations +” Prove your arrangements are accurate * Use numbers, words, and images Materials & Tools: * Graph and blank paper + Calculators + Laptops + Multilink cubes + Rulers * YarnAnimal Crackers Playground NAME Animal Crackers Preschool has recently accepted a donation of playground equipment. They ‘would like to construct a new playground, but due to highway proximity it must be fenced in on all sides. The fund-raising committee has collected enough money to buy 200 feet of fencing that ‘comes in 1-foot panels and includes an entrance gate. Your job is to find the maximum area that can be formed with the available fencing and that can accommodate all the available equipment. In exploring this problem, use use-area dimensions, which include the amount of space around the specified equipment that safety regulations require. Once you have completed your task, you will present your information to the preschool playground committee. They will make a final recommendation to the school board. EQUIPMENT & QUANTITY ACTUAL SIZE Use AREA Spiral Slide Txis! 19'x27 17' diameter 20' diameter 6 diameter 12’ diameter 4"x 12" each "x 12' each, or 6' x 12! when placed next to each other 32'x 36) Kids’ Picnic Tables (2) 4'x 4" each S*x S'each QQIILLUMINATIONS _ ©2008 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics tober” Nipufluminatons nem ooConnect the ends of the string of 200 tickets together with a piece of tape. In this problem, each ticket represents one foot of fencing. Use your tickets and a calculator to explore possible rectangular areas that can be created. 1, What is the maximum area that can be created with 200 feet of fencing? What are the dimensions of this playground? Cut pieces of graph paper to the given use-area dimensions to represent the playground equipment. Label each paper with the equipment name and dimensions. 2. Can all the equipment fit within a fenced-in playground with the dimensions and area you found above? If so, sketch a diagram of your playground. If not, change the dimensions of the 200-fi-long rectangular fence so the area is maximized and all the equipment fits. What are the new dimensions and maximum area? Sketch a diagram of your playground. 3. Why do you think there is a difference in the maximum area of a playground with no equipment compared to one that includes all the equipment? Design a presentation to the committee, which will consist of your classmates. The presentation should convince them to recommend your design and plan to the school board. Construct a scale ‘model of your playground on graph paper to be used and displayed during your presentation. ‘The presentation should address the following questions: + How do you know you found the maximum area that will accommodate all the equipment? ‘* Why does your placement of the equipment allow for the maximum area possible? © How did you construct your model? What scale did you use? Why? During the presentation: + Beas exciting and interesting as possible. Don’t just stand up and read your findings. Include technology, extra graphics, ete. ‘Include every member of your team. Each member must be able to justify their contribution to the group ~ just like on the reality shows at elimination time! 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