Parks and Recreation in Los Angeles: Math Lesson Plans

Parks and Recreation in Los Angeles: Math Lesson Plans: Here are some sample lesson plans for high school math:

Geometry Lesson Plan for a Park:

At every park there are multiple features.  In this activity students should use their abilities to calculate perimeter, area, and volume of the different features of the park.  The features of the park should be listed for the students and a specific number of groups should be made according to the number of features in the park.  The groups should be given a set amount of time (about five minutes) to find the appropriate measurements of their specific feature. After the time has elapsed students from each group should be broken into new groups that have a student from each feature in each group.  The students should then discuss and show their new group members how they found the specific measurements of their specific features.  At the end of the discussions each student should have a completely filled out list of the different features of the park and their respective measurements. The only materials needed are tape measures. 

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