My New York City
Lesson by:Dara Ross
The Brooklyn International High School
9th and 10th Grade Humanities
Aim
How can we learn about famous New York City Landmarks?
Objective
Students will use tinkercad.com and the classroom to gain knowledge and familiarity of famous New York City landmarks.
Materials Needed
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- Computers with Internet access
- tinkercad.com accounts (free)
- Makerbot
Description
Introduce students to different New York City landmarks. Next the students will use a variety of online resources to research famous New York City landmarks. They will then pick one to research further, study, draw and recreate on the using Tinkercad.
Assessment
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Rubric
Extensions-
A New York City subway map can be used to display the finished landmarks/buildings. Students can hang or place their landmarks on or near the corresponding subway stop.
My New York City
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New York State Learning Standards
Common Core Standards
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Reading:Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
| 10.1 | Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. | √ |
| 10.5 | Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter). | √ |
Math Common Core Standards
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Congruence
| G.CO.12 | Make formal geometric constructions with a variety of tools and methods (compass and straightedge, string, reflective devices, paper folding, dynamic geometric software, etc.). | √ |
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Modeling with Geometry
| G.MG.1 | Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations
1. Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects
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Geometric Measurement & Dimension
| G.GMD.4 | Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects
Identify the shapes of two-dimensional cross-sections of three-dimensional objects, and identify three-dimensional objects generated by rotations of two-dimensional objects.
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