Make+a+Creature

=Resource=

http://pbl-online.org/CoLab/PBLCL-External.ViewCompleteProject.php?projectId=927

=Summary=

===Students will apply their knowledge and use of geometry skills to the construction of a fantasy creature. They will design the creature with a variety of polygons, 3-dimensional objects, and various materials with a focus on the geometric concepts inherent to such shapes. ===

=CCSS Alignment for Grades 6-9=


 * ===**6.G.4 **. //Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.// Students will represent fantasy creature as three-dimensional figure composed of rectangles and triangles and find the surface area of designed net. ===
 * ===**7.G.1 **. //Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.// Students will draw a scale model of fantasy creature and compute actual lengths and areas from this model. ===
 * ===**8.G.9. **//Know the formulas for the volumes of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems. //Students will use cones, cylinders, and spheres to construct their fantasy creature and demonstrate knowledge of the volume formula by solving for the volume of their scale and actual fantasy creature. ===
 * ===**G-MG.1. **//Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects (e.g., modeling a tree trunk or a human torso as a cylinder). // Students will use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe their fantasy creature. ===