Middle School Technology

 

COMMUNITY MEASUREMENT

THEME: My Expanding Community

TOPIC: My City

SUBJECT: Technology, Math, Science, Social Studies

GRADE LEVEL: 7th

GOAL: Students will go into the community and do precise measurements/documentation to use for scale of own model.

OBJECTIVES: Students will:

    1. examine real-life features
    2. utilize measuring tools
    3. use scales to compare real life to model

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED: 1 50-minute class period (DAY 2)

MATERIALS: tape measures, log books, pencils, MEASUREMENT WORKSHEET

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: Prior to trip, let residence know that students will be there. The community itself as a model.

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: After the information is logged, it will be used in scales, forms, calculations, and graphs in the future.

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: The students and teacher will go to different destinations to calculate block size and number of homes and businesses on a block. Use the measurement worksheet to complete all questions and measurements. Log books will be brought along for any further information that is not listed on the worksheet.

ASSESSMENT: Each log will be examined to make sure all calculations are there. Assessment will be evaluated later in finished project.

MEASUREMENT WORKSHEET

NAME ________________________________

  1. Take measurements of 3 different blocks in feet. Calculations of Average will be done later.

    2. Block 1 _______________________________

    Block 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

    Block 3 _______________________________

  2. Number of Houses for each block

    3. Block 1 _______________________________

    Block 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

    Block 3 _______________________________

  3. Number of trailer homes for each block

    4. Block 1 _______________________________

    Block 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

    Block 3 _______________________________

  4. Number of Apartment Buildings per block

    5. Block 1 _______________________________

    Block 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

    Block 3 _______________________________

  5. Number of Apartments per building

Apartment 1 _______________________________

Apartment 2 _______________________________ Average _____________________

Apartment 3 _______________________________