Room Redesign (Old)

Students practice choosing an appropriate scale for a scale drawing and creating a drawing using that scale. This lesson is designed for 90 minutes and may take multiple class periods to complete. NOTE: This lesson is outdated and will be retired. The new and improved Room Redesign can be found in the curriculum.

By Shira Helft

Learning goals: Learning Goals • Choose an appropriate scale to represent actual distances on a limited drawing size, and explain the reasoning. • Accurately draw a complex scale drawing. Materials • geometry toolkits, specifically: blank & graph paper, measuring tools (rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and/or tape measures), scissors (optional)