Description

Overview:

Students analyze and begin to design a pyramid. Working in engineering teams, they perform calculations to determine the area of the pyramid base, stone block volumes, and the number of blocks required for their pyramid base. They make a scaled drawing of the pyramid using graph paper.

Subject:

Architecture and Design, Engineering

Level:

Upper Primary

Grades:

Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Author:

Denise Carlson, Glen Sirakavit, Gregory Ramsey, Jacquelyn Sullivan, Lawrence E. Carlson, Malinda Schaefer Zarske

Provider:

TeachEngineering

Provider Set:

TeachEngineering

Date Added:

09/26/2008