I used my poster of the Chrysler Building from Picturing America to create a masking tape comparison with new tallest building in the world, the Burj Dubai. Dramatizing scale using a proportional model is a concept I keep returning to for students. One of the questions in my display is to ask students: "If we turned the length of ACS up on its end, where would it reach on this scale tape-model?" and "If I open a window on the 160th floor (!!!) will the temperature outside be warmer or cooler that at the 1st floor?"
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Measuring tape
I used my poster of the Chrysler Building from Picturing America to create a masking tape comparison with new tallest building in the world, the Burj Dubai. Dramatizing scale using a proportional model is a concept I keep returning to for students. One of the questions in my display is to ask students: "If we turned the length of ACS up on its end, where would it reach on this scale tape-model?" and "If I open a window on the 160th floor (!!!) will the temperature outside be warmer or cooler that at the 1st floor?"
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