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Mathscaping
 
Project Description
 

Many communities are in need of beautification.  Students need to get more involved in cleaning up and maintaining their communities.   This unit will support efforts to promote the beautification of neighborhoods.

This project is a landscaping assignment; which requires the use of real-world math skills (measurement, conversion, etc).  Students will integrate real-life situations in math by creating a landscape of their own.  Students will be asked to form teams to create a landscape which includes grass, shrubbery, drainage and watering methods flowers or other beautification additions.

Finally, students will present their scale models and be able to explain their thinking and reasoning behind each landscape design

 

 
Project Goals
 
Essential Question:

How can math be applied to real-life?

 
 
Specific Questions:

  • What do I need to know about landscaping?

  • What math skills should I apply to complete this task?

  • What do I need to know about integrating plants/gardening into landscaping?

  • What math skills do I need to integrate to perform this task?

 
Illinois and CPS Learning Standards and Performance Assessment Plan

 

State Goal

CAS letter

CFS #

Assessment Tool(s)

Math 6

A

1,2

Rubric

Math 6

C

1,3,4

Checklist

Math 7

A

1,2,3,5,7

 

Math 7

B

1

Teacher  Observation
 
 

 

Unit Prerequisites
 

  • Standard and Metric measurement

  • Area and perimeter

  • Basic geometric shapes

  • Estimation

  • Mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)

 
Performance Actions

          Access:

  • Investigate what landscaping is about.

  • Explore and describe the various types of  landscaping; investigate specific types of garden landscapes.

  • Research the materials needs to complete the task of landscaping.

  • Interview various landscapers to find out which method(s) work best.

Interpret:

  • Appraise various landforms for landscaping purposes.

  • Determine the area best suited for your type of landscaping.

  • Prioritize the duties completing this task of landscaping.

Produce:

  • Draft your landscape model on paper.

  • Create a scale model of the area you want to landscape from you draft.

  • Using the scale model integrate math skills in to your landscaping .

Communicate:

  • Disseminate information about you scale model to the class.

  • Present your scale models to the class.

  • Dialogue with the class by answering questions about your scale model.

Evaluate:

  • Rate the quality of each scale model presented to the class using a rubric or checklist.

  • Critique each presentation give by your fellow students.

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