Tallest+Structure+Unit

In the history of the world there has been a prestige that has come with creating the tallest structure on the planet. This unit will help students to explore the societies that have created those structures. It will also integrate proportional principles from math.

==Ta ll est Buildings in America ==

Future Tallest Structures
Washington Monument group watch the following 3 videos.

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Eiffel video

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//**__State standards covered in this unit:__**//
Social Studies Standards:
 * Describe how buildings and their decoration reflect cultural values and ideas, providing examples such as cave paintings, pyramids, sacred cities, castles, and cathedrals.
 * Analyze information generated from a computer about a place, including statistical sources, aerial and satellite images, and three-dimensional models.
 * Identify and examine various sources of information that are used for constructing an understanding of the past, such as artifacts, documents, letters, diaries, maps, textbooks, photos, paintings, architecture, oral presentations, graphs, and charts.
 * Use a timeline to select, organize, and sequence information describing eras in history. Give examples of important contributions made by Wisconsin citizens, United States citizens, and world citizens.

Language Arts Standards: > Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. > Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. > Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. Establish and maintain a formal style. > Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. > Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
 * Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
 * Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
 * Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Math standards:
 * Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
 * Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.
 * Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0, and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship.
 * Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
 * Make tables of equivalent ratios relating quantities with whole number measurements, find missing values in the tables, and plot the pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Use tables to compare ratios.
 * Solve unit rate problems including those involving unit pricing and constant speed.
 * Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
 * Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units; manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities.





[|Article on the future of tall buildings]

The 14 Buildings we will study that have held the title as world's tallest building since 2560-ish BC are:

The Great Pyramid of Giza 481ft Lincoln Cathedral 525ft St. Olaf's Church 521ft St. Mary's Church 496ft St. Nikolai 482ft Rouen Cathedral 495ft Cogne Cathedral 516ft Washington Monument 555ft The Eiffel Tower 984ft The Chrysler Building 1000ft The Empire State Building 1250ft The Ostankino Tower 1762ft The CN Tower 1815ft Burg Khalifa 2717 ft

Targets for this unit: Students will create 2 or 3 dimensional models of the tallest structures in the world. Students will explore the history and circumstances surrounding the erection of the world's tallest structures. Students will use the internet and other resources to acquire information. Students will use a wiki-space to share information. Students will use ratio and proportion to illustrate buildings' relative size. Students will create a timeline. Students will write a short summary about the building they are assigned.



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