Create a Geometry Town Project Based Learning Activity
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Have your students demonstrate their understanding of many different math concepts while designing a map of their own town! This hands-on math activity is a project that will definitely engage your students.
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Objective: To demonstrate an understanding of geometric terms and measurement. Students will be designing and drawing a map that will incorporate many mathematical concepts.
The following concepts will be covered through this project-based learning activity:
- Partitioning shapes into equal areas of 4 and 8
- Regular polygons - pentagon, hexagon, octagon
- Irregular polygon
- The three triangles - equilateral triangle, scalene triangle, and isosceles
- Quadrilaterals - trapezoid, rhombus, parallelogram, rectangle, and square
- Arrays
- Congruent figures
- Lines of symmetry
- Line segments, rays, lines
- Parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and intersecting lines
- Obtuse, acute, and right angle (no degrees)
- Measuring length (some with fractions others without)
- Map skills (compass, scale, legend, title, etc)
- Coordinate graphing (optional to create an index)
- Perimeter (optional)
The following materials are included:
- Teacher's instructions and guide
- Student step-by-step directions - both in metric and standard units
- Student Checklist
- Student idea sheet
- Rubric
- Practice/math sheets
- Map materials
It is recommended (though not required) that students have access to a math reference book and if possible, geometric stencils or templates. Information is included in the teacher's guide regarding this.
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