How come a bench is able to support your weight and resist the gravity pulling it towards the earth? How do buildings manage to stay upright? And how do all of those shapes stick together? When you can find the smaller structures hidden inside a building’s design, you can also see how the architect used them in the best way possible to make that building strong.

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  • Lesson 08

    Use visual models, decompose shapes, and apply the area formula for rectangles to solve problems in real world contexts. Use visual models & the area formula for rectangles to solve problems.

  • Lesson 9

    Mary Reynolds of Ireland is building a movement to turn gardeners into guardians of the planet by returning our own patch of land to nature, and by restoring hope that individual action can create lasting change. 

  • Lesson 09

    Understand concepts of volume measurement by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units. Solve problems involving volume. Understand concepts of volume measurement by counting unit cubes or calculating volume.