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Commercial and industrial designers: Working with volume
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.7
In this lesson, students calculate the volume of a variety of boxes, and calculate the change in volume that would result from a change in the boxes' dimensions.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.
General contractors: Working with area
In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.10
This activity for grade six combines math, art, and writing, as students design a floor plan for a house and use calculations of area to arrive at a cost estimate.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
Home renovation: Working with area
In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.9
In this lesson for grade six, students will work together in cooperative groups using the internet to calculate the cost of finishing a basement.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
Interior designers: Working with right triangles
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.2
In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of right triangles to create a design for an abstract work of art.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.
Utility workers: Working with the Pythagorean theorem
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.7
In this lesson plan, students use the Pythagorean theorem to solve a problem relevant to the careers of utility workers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Woodworkers and finishers: Working with area
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.6
In this lesson, students participate in a furniture-finishing scenario in which they draw and calculate the area of a set of tabletops with different shapes.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.