This afternoon should be fun. The students will be estimating the area of a country by drawing rectangles, triangles, and circles on top.

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Then we will get into google SketchUp and draw multiple shapes for a better approximation. We'll see who gets closest!

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List of areas from biggest to smallest:

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www.listofcountriesofthe...

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Grant_of_TX says

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Cool

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And some real-world applications

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pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3019/

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pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/13...

MrP_tchr says

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What a great idea! Thanks!

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And the results are in! The following are the countries chosen and the percent of the actual land mass

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Italy: 143%

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USA: 70%

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Russia 112%

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Canada: 84%

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Moldova: 94%

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Japan: 1687%