Exploring Perimeter, Area & Volume The Zoo Design Challenge

A summer job at a zoo leads a trio of teens into an investigation of the relationships among perimeter, area, and volume. Working on the design for a new monkey house, they are faced with intriguing questions: What is the best ratio of area to perimeter for a monkey habitat? How can habitats be arranged so that they have the maximum number of common sides? The teens soon find out that the best way to tackle a problem is through cooperation, and they pool their talents. Your students take on the problems in the video and work to solve them in the classroom. Maps, unit cubes, worksheets, and other hands-on materials included in the kit provide students with the tools they need to formulate and defend their own solutions to the complex real-world problems. In addition to exercising their critical thinking skills, they gain a broad understanding of how to measure, estimate, and apply perimeter, area, and volume.

Includes:

Video, Teacher’s Resource Book, Student Handouts, Maps, 100 Unit Cubes, and supplementary Problems and Puzzles