Lesson Plan: Floor Plan

Grade level: Six

 

Outcomes

 


Curriculum:
Students will:

solve measurement problems involving length, capacity, area, volume, mass and time D6

Technology:
Students will:

use graphics program to manipulate geometric shapes to help discover their properties and relationships D8
• create an object D8.1
• duplicate an object D8.2
• move and resize an object D8.3
• add pattern and colour using an area fill tool D8.4
• rearrange the orientation of an object on the screen using the commands rotate, flip
horizontally, and flip vertically D8.5
• demonstrate the layering components in a graphics program D8.6

 

Created by: Acknowledgments

Last Updated: June 26, 2003

Activity

 

In this activity, students are use AppleWorks Drawing as a tool for making a floor plan of their home. Students determine the area of each room. Students must first sketch the layout on paper and then transfer it to computer by using the drawing tools in AppleWorks Drawing.

 

 

Resources

AppleWorks Drawing

rulers, metre sticks, measuring tape

Instructions

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