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Middle Grades Math: Scaling the Geometry

by Texas Instruments

Objectives

  • Students will create a scale and measure so that the measurements on various images on the TI-Nspire pages will represent the True values.

Vocabulary

  • scale
  • diameter
  • circumference
  • perimeter
  • radius
  • arc length
  • millimeter
  • centimeter
  • milliliter
  • degree Fahrenheit
  • ratio
  • proportion

 

 

About the Lesson

This lesson involves scale drawings of actual images on the TI-Nspire handheld.
As a result, students will:

  • Use the geometry tools to draw line segments or other items on the images of several objects.
  • Manipulate the scale on a Geometry page.
  • Adjust the measurements on the Geometry page to represent 'True' dimensions.