Scale Drawings

• 7.1 Unit Overview

• Pre-Unit

• Getting to Know Each Other
• 7.1 Readiness Check

• Section 1: Scaled Copies

  Students explore objects that are and are not scaled copies of one another. They describe how scaling affects lengths, angles, and areas in scaled copies, and use scale factors to create and compare scaled copies.

• Scaling Machines
• Scaling Robots
• Make It Scale
• Scale Factor Challenges
• Tiles
• 7.1 Practice Day 1
• 7.1 Quiz

• Section 2: Scale Drawings

  Students use what they know about scaled copies to create and analyze scale drawings of real-life objects.

• Introducing Scale
• Will It Fit?
• Scaling States
• Scaling Buildings
• Room Redesign
• 7.1 Practice Day 2

• End-Unit

• 7.1 End Assessments
• Reflection and Synthesis

• Resources

• 7.1 Practice Sets
• 7.1 Cool-Downs