Subjects
Mathematics
--Applied Math
--Measurement
--Statistics
Science
----Physics
Grade
3-5
6-8
9-12
Brief Description
Students learn about skyscrapers and graph the height of the 10 tallest buildings in the world (or in the United States).
Objectives
Students will
Materials Needed
Lesson Plan
Provide students with the following background: When it was completed in 1974, the Sears Tower, at 1451 feet high, was the tallest building in the world. In 2010, the Willis Tower, as the Sears Tower is known today, is only the eighth tallest building in the world. In fact, the worlds tallest building, the 2717 foot tall Burj Khalia in Dubai, is nearly twice as tall as Willis Tower.
Encourage students to explore The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat for more information on skyscrapers. Then have them go to the 100 tallest completed buildings in the world and graph the height of the 10 tallest buildings in the world (or in the United States).
Note: The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat provides a great deal of interesting information on skyscrapers, as well as lots of real life" material for classroom math problems and activities.
Extension Activity: Encourage students to discuss and/or debate these questions: How tall can or should office buildings or apartment houses be? What purpose do skyscrapers serve? Do we still need them? What are the advantages and disadvantages of very tall buildings?
Assessment
Assess students based on the quality of their graphs.
Lesson Plan Source
EducationWorld.com
Submitted By
Linda Starr
National Standards
MATHEMATICS: Number and Operations
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-NUM.3-5.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-NUM.6-8.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-NUM.9-12.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
MATHEMATICS: Measurement
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-MEA.6-8.1 Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement
MATHEMATICS: Representation
GRADES Pre-K - 12
NM-REP.PK-12.1 Create and Use Representations to Organize, Record, and Communicate Mathematical Ideas
SCIENCE
GRADES K - 4
NS.K-4.1 Science as Inquiry
NS.K-4.2 Physical Science
GRADES 5 - 8
NS.5-8.1 Science as Inquiry
NS.5-8.2 Physical Science
GRADES 9 - 12
NS.9-12.1 Science as Inquiry
NS.9-12.2 Physical Science
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