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Beach House PerformanceBeach House Performance
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Radford University
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6th
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What's the best way to make a beach house affordable? Given constraints on the number of rooms and the cost of flooring, learners design dream beach houses. They draw floor plans and calculate the areas using different units.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

budgeting, floor plans, area, cost analysis, unit conversions

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Invite an architect to give a presentation about designing a house

Classroom Considerations

  • Scholars should be familiar with area formulas for various shapes
  • Knowledge of unit conversions is necessary

Pros

  • Provides a self-check rubric as well as a group rubric
  • Includes student worksheets and handouts to cement understanding

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSG-MG.A.3

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