Activity (Hands-On)Grades 6 - 8
How Big? Necessary Area & Volume for Shelter
Materials List
- rulers, meter sticks, tape measures
- graph paper
- calculators
- (optional) helium balloons, each with ~12 ft (3.7 m) of string (or at least ceiling height amount of string)
- (optional) masking tape, to mark on the floor the dimensions of a bed
- How Big? Worksheet (PDF)
- Reference Page (PDF) (contains 12 vocabulary words and definitions, formulas, unit conversions)
- butcher block paper and colored pencils, for drawing cavern designs