Lesson 08 – Scale the Wall
Students measure rooms in the school to gain an understanding of space and scale.
Students measure rooms in the school to gain an understanding of space and scale.
Students practice measuring and converting measurements using equivalent fractions.
In this multi-lesson unit, student practice calculating and manipulating percentages and applying their skills to evaluate compound interest rates on loans needed to build their homes.
Students compare the economic and environmental impacts of the construction of two types of homes and determine which type of graph best shows the data.
Students evaluate the ecological footprints of their individual lifestyles and analyze the class data uses mean, median and mode.
Students provide a detailed description of the individuals who will live in the house they design.
This lesson provides students with an overview of expectations for their project. Students create a concept map to identify where they will apply math skills in designing their house.
Students match the house with the celebrity who owns it and begin thinking about all that goes into designing a house. This lesson serves as an activator for the unit.
This document provides an introduction and teacher background for this unit.
Short activator to get students thinking about the role personal care products play in their lives.
Dive deeper into the world of cosmetics chemistry with these recipes for a variety of personal care products.
Culminating activity. Students create a magazine test, Goodguide.com web page, and an art campaign to analyze their use of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry and to promote their implementation.
Students test various waste streams likely to come from household products and evaluate the environmental impacts of those wastes.
Students use the properties of matter and the 12 Principles of Green chemistry to test various packaging materials and determine the most green and effective choice for their shampoo.
Students create puzzles analyzing their research on renewable and non-renewable packaging materials.
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