Building Gardening Tools
by Jennifer Bargos
This lesson integrates mathematics when designing a garden tool. Students will be tasked with building a functional garden tool to use in the school greenhouse.
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sChF1vTFk0Lw-FLXRGM33UORUQ-i_8ok/edit?u…Subject Area
Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) Ratio and Proportion (RP)
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