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Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo
Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo
Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo
Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo
Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo
Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo
Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo
Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo
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In this project, students use their research skills and knowledge of geometry (area, surface area, and volume) to research zoo animals (incubation period, average weight, average lifespan, natural habitat), design a living space for the animals, and design buildings at the zoo. Next, students will calculate the area of the living spaces, surface area of the buildings, and volume of the buildings. Finally, students will create a presentation to display what they learned and how they used math in this real-world project. The Geometry Unit Project can be used before the unit as a pre-assessment, during the unit as a formative assessment, or after the unit as a post-assessment.

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- Project Introduction

- Project Rubric

- Project Organizers

Feedback is appreciated! Happy teaching!

** This project is also available in the Real- World Math Projects Bundle. **

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Geometry Unit Project: Design a Zoo

Rated 4.86 out of 5, based on 7 reviews
4.9 (7 ratings)
Jamie Miller Math
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$3.25

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5th - 7th
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Description

In this project, students use their research skills and knowledge of geometry (area, surface area, and volume) to research zoo animals (incubation period, average weight, average lifespan, natural habitat), design a living space for the animals, and design buildings at the zoo. Next, students will calculate the area of the living spaces, surface area of the buildings, and volume of the buildings. Finally, students will create a presentation to display what they learned and how they used math in this real-world project. The Geometry Unit Project can be used before the unit as a pre-assessment, during the unit as a formative assessment, or after the unit as a post-assessment.

Included are:

- Project Introduction

- Project Rubric

- Project Organizers

Feedback is appreciated! Happy teaching!

** This project is also available in the Real- World Math Projects Bundle. **

Real-World Math Projects Bundle

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Rated 4.86 out of 5, based on 7 reviews
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Rated 5 out of 5
February 26, 2024
I really enjoyed using this resource, and my students found it to be very engaging.
kasha C.
128 reviews
Grades taught: 5th
Rated 5 out of 5
September 4, 2023
This is a great project to use at the end of the year to practice geometry skills.
Morgan E.
416 reviews
Grades taught: 5th
Rated 5 out of 5
August 1, 2023
My students absolutely loved this resource! The designs they came up with were amazing and it was a great way to end the school year!!
Allie Balog
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18 reviews
Grades taught: 7th
Rated 4 out of 5
June 8, 2021
This was an excellent way to apply mathematical practices in a cross curricular way. I especially loved that students had to conduct their own research to find the premise information. I used this with 9th graders so it was nice to shift more of the work and application to them.
Dive into Teaching
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29 reviews
Grades taught: 9th
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Jun 9, 2021
Thank you!
Rated 5 out of 5
July 27, 2018
Looking forward to using this with the ELA teacher to practice research as well as math skills.
mrsLsquared
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128 reviews
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Jamie Miller Math
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Jul 31, 2018
Sounds awesome! Good luck! ????
Rated 5 out of 5
June 25, 2018
This looks like a fun project. I can't wait to use it in my enrichment class!
Sukainatou S.
412 reviews
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Jun 26, 2018
Thank you! Good luck!
Rated 5 out of 5
May 13, 2018
I have a combo 5/6 class and this will be a great way for 5th to preview next years math and to review 6th grade. Great assignment to end the year!
Virginia L.
318 reviews
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Jamie Miller Math
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May 17, 2018
Thank you for the feedback, Virginia! I hope your students enjoy it as much as mine did!

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Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas 𝘝 = 𝘭 𝘸 𝘩 and 𝘝 = 𝘣 𝘩 to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
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