Launching Laudable Landscapes

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Launching Laudable Landscapes

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Students must find a solution to a real world problem: Design a garden environment to suit the definition of “formal garden” using geometric shapes. They must design their gardens to scale, and create a presentation to “sell” their idea to school administrators and/or volunteers. Finally, students pursue the potential of actually implementing the garden design in their school or community.

Education Levels:

9, 10, 11

Subject:

Measurement, Geometry, Process Skills

Resource Type:

Unit of instruction

Medium:

PDF

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

Louisiana Public Broadcasting

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Keywords:

Gardens, Surface area, Geometric shapes, Landscape design, Perimeter, Oral presentations

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Louisiana Public Broadcasting

Contributor:

Janet Cundiff

Is Part Of:

http://beta.lpb.org/index.php?/site/programs/national_teacher_training_institute...

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Computers with Internet access; PowerPoint or other presentation software; Poster paper; Pencils

Learning Time:

Ten 50-minute class periods

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Communication Skills, Mathematics, Language Arts

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

High School — Geometry

Geometric Measurement and Dimension

Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

High School — Geometry

Modeling with Geometry

Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations

3. Apply geometric methods to solve design problems (e.g., designing an object or structure to satisfy physical constraints or minimize cost; working with typographic grid systems based on ratios).^★

Exact Correlation

Louisiana Content Standards for Mathematics (2005)

Strand Four: Geometry

A. Students in Grades 9-12 use number sense, estimation, models, drawings, manipulatives, and technology as they extend their investigations of problems involving geometric concepts. As a result, what they know and are able to do includes:

4. Using inductive reasoning to predict, discover, and apply geometric properties and relationships (e.g., patty paper constructions, sum of the angles in a polygon) (1, 2, 4);

Broad Correlation

Louisiana Content Standards for Mathematics (2005)

Strand Four: Geometry

1. Identifying, describing, comparing, constructing, and classifying geometric figures in two and three dimensions using technology where appropriate to explore and make conjectures about geometric concepts and figures (1, 2, 3, 4);

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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