Lesson Plan: Scale Factors
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to find single-digit scale factors and use scale factors to find unknown lengths.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand the relationship between scale factors and multiplication,
- enlarge shapes using scale factors,
- use scale factors to find unknown lengths on similar shapes,
- find scale factors when given similar shapes.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- multiplicative comparison.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- scale drawings,
- minimizations.