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Building Design Project

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area
Mathematics
Grade
8

The city has a plot of land to be used to construct a building to benefit residents. The Mayor is welcoming all plans. Since she is seeking a modernized building, the building must incorporate rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones and spheres in the design. The design must encourage residents to utilize what is offered in this building. Students' job is to come up with a plan of use for the building and to design the building with the given criteria and constraints. Students work in pairs to complete this project. They need to find the volume of each shape as well as the total volume using the appropriate formulas. They are given constraints as to the area of the building as well as the total volume of the building.

MA Standards

6.ETS.1.1
Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution. Include potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.*
8.G.C.9
Know the formulas for the volumes of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
SMP.4
Model with mathematics.
SMP.6
Attend to precision.

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