Geometry Unit Project
Essential Question – How have humans used Geometry to create? (AOI: Human Ingenuity)
Part 1: Master – remember and describe
Find a piece or pieces of artwork with a variety of
polygons, and angles. Calculate the area of the polygons,
area and circumference of the circles, and justify the
triangles included in the picture are unique. Respond to
the questions: How the artist(s) used the Geometry to
create the artwork? And how does knowing these
measurements affect the artwork? What if the
measurements had been different, how would the artwork
change?
Part 3: Understanding – reason and explain
Informally prove the relationship between area and
circumference of a circle. Create a RAFT from the
viewpoint of another person who discovered this
relationship.
Part 2: Interpersonal – explore feelings and relate
personally
Enlarge a picture of a building that means something to
you personally. It can be local or elsewhere. Measure the
lengths of important features in your picture, so you can
accurately make a scale drawing. You will need to find
areas of surfaces of your scale drawing and relate them to
the actual building.
Self-Expressive – imagine or create
You be the artist! Create a birdhouse with the 3D prisms
and 2D shapes incorporated. Calculate the volume and
surface areas of the major 3D shapes. Use tools to
accurately create the 2D shapes.
Geometry Unit Project
Essential Question – How have humans used Geometry to create? (AOI: Human Ingenuity)
Part 1: Master – remember and describe
Find a piece or pieces of artwork with a variety of
polygons, and angles. Calculate the area of the polygons,
area and circumference of the circles, and justify the
triangles included in the picture are unique. Respond to
the questions: How the artist(s) used the Geometry to
create the artwork? And how does knowing these
measurements affect the artwork? What if the
measurements had been different, how would the artwork
change?
Part 3: Understanding – reason and explain
Informally prove the relationship between area and
circumference of a circle. Create a RAFT from the
viewpoint of another person who discovered this
relationship.
Part 2: Interpersonal – explore feelings and relate
personally
Enlarge a picture of a building that means something to
you personally. It can be local or elsewhere. Measure the
lengths of important features in your picture, so you can
accurately make a scale drawing. You will need to find
areas of surfaces of your scale drawing and relate them to
the actual building.
Self-Expressive – imagine or create
You be the artist! Create a birdhouse with the 3D prisms
and 2D shapes incorporated. Calculate the volume and
surface areas of the major 3D shapes. Use tools to
accurately create the 2D shapes.