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BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal): Geometry Pre-AP Blended Pilot Program Learners will design a home and
calculate the amount and cost of materials needed.
Learning Goals
Foundational Knowledge:
Learners will identify different 3-D
solids and surfaces that make up
the surfaces of a home and apply
appropriate formulas to calculate
surface areas of a variety of 3-D
solids and composite figures.
Application:
Leaners will be able to create,
measure, and calculate the surface
areas of 3-D replicas of homes.
Integration:
Leaners will be able to
communicate the design and
Learning Activities Assessment Activities
Magazine Scavenger Hunt: Learners Exit Ticket/Quick Check
will “build a home” using pages from (Formative Assessment)
home design magazines. They will list
out the different surfaces found in a Summative Assessment (Unit Test,
home and which materials would be involving a writing question)
used to cover the surface. Learners
will identify which 3-D solids (prisms,
cylinders, spheres/hemispheres,
cones, and pyramids) create these
surfaces.
Hands-on inquiry/discovery
activity: Class periods will meet formally
face-to-face during designated class
period. Working in groups, students will
be given a rectangular prism (Kleenex,
cereal box) and a ruler. They will be asked
to calculate how much wrapping paper
will be necessary to cover the prism in its
entirety. Students will discover the surface
area formula through this process. Then, in
order to discover the process for finding
the surface area of a composite figure, two
boxes will be stacked on top of each other.
Students will compare the amount of
wrapping paper that would be necessary
to cover the two “packages” individually
versus the amount of paint that would be
necessary to cover the composite solid. A
class discussion will follow.
Flipped, digital lessons involving
video lessons and questions (with
students receiving instant
feedback) on Formative for
practice with applying surface area
formulas
“Model Home” project: Learners Model Home project rubric
will work in groups to construct a
Model Home Project written
three-dimensional “model
reflection
home/room” out of a variety of
materials and objects, creating
composite figures. They will
measure all of the dimensions and
then calculate the surface area.
Discussion board on itsLearning Written response on Summative
assessment (Unit Test)
Video: Learners will create and
produce a “Home tour” video “Home tour” Video rubric
surfaces area calculations for their
model home.
highlighting the different surfaces
around their house, how the
surface areas were calculated,
which materials were chosen to
cover the surfaces, how much
material will be necessary, and
how the cost of the materials is
calculated.

Human Dimension/Caring:
Learners will design cost and
space-efficient homes for Habitat
for Humanity.
Learners will be effective team
members, delegating tasks and
responsibilities, and following
through on their assigned tasks.
Learners will seek help from and
collaborate with peers to solve
problems.
Home Optimization Acitivty:
Leaners will work with their group
to make adjustments to their initial
home design in order to make their
home as space- and cost-efficient
as possible.
Discussion board for help on
Formative questions
Home Optimization Activity group
self-reflection & evaluation
Students will peer-edit/give each
other feedback on their “Home
tour” video explanations
Unit Self-reflection/survey
Written responses on Summative
Assessment (Unit Test)

Learning-How-to-Learn:
Learners will improve the
organization, thoroughness, and
accuracy of their calculations and
work in order to save money and
reduce waste (attention to
detail/precision).
Students will work with their Peer-review/editing of
groups to create a final proposal PO/Requisitions
Purchase Order/Requisition for all
PO/Requisition rubric
of the supplies necessary to build
their home. They will need to Formative and summative
research prices from a variety of assessments (are students
vendors (Lowe’s, Home Depot), showing thorough, organized, and
determine the total cost of their accurate work?)
design, and provide thorough
calculations to justify their costs.
Students will also have to account
for any excess/wasted materials
(for example, if marble can only
come in a rectangular slab and a
hole for a sink needs to be cut out).