Plywood Shims (Lesson 3 of 9)

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Lesson Description:

This lesson is the third of nine lessons from the Vocational Math: Contextualized for Construction course that was taught at Madison Area Technical College. During this lesson, students work in groups to measure plywood thickness and use that measurement to do calculations (on the construction master calculator) to find products and quotients of the materials' measurements. The lesson is contextualized to focus on using the plywood stack to make shims to level a shed on a sloping driveway.

The expected total time for the lesson is 75 minutes. Materials needed to complete the lesson include a stack of 7: 3/8" plywood pieces (small rectangles) per group. Students will need to bring a Construction Master Calculator and measuring tape.

Lesson Contents:

Lesson materials include one student lesson guide, two completed lessons from class, an instructor notes/guide, and a homework key. The 4-page student lesson guide includes objectives and problem situations. The 10-page instructor guide includes prerequisite assumptions, notes, objectives, answers to problem situations, and more.

For orientation purposes Lesson-3-Plywood-Shims-Student.pdf is included as a separate attachment and offers a sample of the type of material included in this learning module.

Below is a list of the folders contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

Lesson 3_Plywood Shims (6 files, 4 MB)