Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
Oregon State Standards: Grades 3-5
Mathematics
Measurement
- Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement.
Geometry Modeling
- Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems.
Statistics and Probability
- Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data.
- Collect and Display Data: Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them.
Social Sciences
Civics and Government
- Identify ways that people can participate in their communities and the responsibilities of participation.
Student Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Collect and display data in a variety of ways
- Use math to communicate and persuade
- Use the Visual Ranking Tool to evaluate, prioritize, compare, make decisions and negotiate in order to arrive at consensus
- Use spatial reasoning and geometric modeling to design a playground
- Create a map to scale
- Deliver a persuasive oral presentation supported by multimedia slides
- Participate in their school community
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