Spacing (Lesson 9 of 9)

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Lesson Description:

This resource is the last lesson in a series of nine from the Vocational Math: Contextualized for Construction course that was taught at Madison Area Technical College. In this lesson, students are introduced to the idea of creating even spacing and apply this concept to a number of contextualized situations including: calculating the layout for stairs, balusters, and siding. Students work in pairs with manipulatives with the balusters problem to aid in understanding the concept of the 'ghost baluster' as a method to ensure even spacing.

The expected total time for lesson is 145 minutes. The materials needed for this lesson include the following: 40 1/2" siding board with paper, sample siding spacing board to show, two 4x4’s and four balusters that are 12” long (one set per group), and Post-it grid paper. Students will need to bring a Construction Master Calculator, measuring tape.

Lesson Contents:

Includes one student lesson, five completed lessons from class, instructor notes/guide, and one homework key.

The 12-page student guide includes objectives and problem situations.

The 14-page instructor guide includes prerequisite assumptions, competencies, notes, objectives, definitions, answers to problem situations, and more.

For orientation purposes the Lesson-9-Spacing-Problem-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 9_Spacing (9 files, 23.6 MB)