A few weeks ago I assigned my students a project that involved them taking an object in their house and either making it really big or really small. They had to measure the dimensions of their real object, pick a scale, and then make their project with the new smaller or bigger dimensions they calculated. So, what does this all mean for my classroom?
1. My classroom is filled with about fifty giant i-pods.
2. My classroom is filled with about fifty mini i-pods.
3. My classroom is probably the best barbie dream house a girl could ever want.
4. My classroom smells a bit like hay because of all the kids who decided to make a model of their barn (I work in a place where cleaning out the barn is an excused absence)
5. My classroom feels a little bit smaller because of the kid who decided to make a model of his bed and only reduce it to half its size.
6. My classroom has so many model animals in it, I could charge admission and advertise it as the most boring zoo ever.
7. My classroom could make a really tall person seem not really that tall.
8. My classroom is filled with objects that look like a reflection in a fun house mirror because of all the kids who did their project WRONG.
9. My classroom is happy that it doesn’t smell as bad as it would if all the food in all the mini refrigerators was actually real.
10. My classroom has a few projects in it that appear to be done by someone much older than a middle schooler…hmmmmm
