STEM Scaling

As part of a STEM scaling lesson, we have students first scale heights of commonly known buildings in Stamford, as well as the distances between the buildings. Then, we have the students scale the diameters of the planets in our Solar System by drawing them on the classroom floor in washable marker. The next day, students draw a scaled map of the Solar System on a piece of computer paper.

Not exactly an engineering lesson, but students enjoy relating real life scaled maps to the Solar System unit.

Scaling Distances

Stamford Distances