A job at Legoland – A maths lesson about shape shape and area

Summary:

This is an adapted lesson from http://blockcad.net/. In this lesson students use the BlockCad software to build and design a model of a house, building or whatever they like. From there, they will investigate the volume, area and surface area of their design.

Australian Curriculum Links:

• Solve problems involving the surface area and volume of right prisms (ACMMG218)
• Calculate volumes of rectangular prisms(ACMMG160)
• Establish the formulas for areas of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms and use these in problem solving (ACMMG159)

Lesson:

Introduction:

1. Refresh with students (Depending on level) the area you want to focus on eg. Surface Area, Volume etc. and recap how to calculate these.

Body:

1. Run through the hand out sheet and clarify what is expected of the students.
2. Set a success criteria for the students to adhere to and so they know what’s expected of them. (this will vary according to the needs of your class).

Conclusion:

1. Get students to present their findings to the class

Assessment:

• Work Samples
• Presentation

Resources:

• A Job at Legoland Handout sheet with step by step instructions

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