Room with a View

For this activity, students will need to take part in a teleconference. Before the teleconference, you will need to discuss with students the type of information they will need from the students from another school and who will ask the questions during the teleconference.

The information that they might need includes:

• the size of their classroom – length and width – and the distance between objects. For greater accuracy, students should decide in advance what scale they will use. They will need to have some square dot paper in front of them so they can easily rule up the basic shape of the room when they get this information.
• items in the classroom, for example, whiteboard, computer, class library, and mat area. They will need to find out how big in metres these items are, for example, the computer area may be approximately 2 metres by 1 metre.
• what is at the back of the room, front of room, etc. They will need to use terms such as right front, middle back, and halfway along.
• where the entrance to the classroom is.
• how many desks or tables there are and how these are arranged.

As the information is gathered, students can record it on the square dot paper. A sample checklist is shown below:

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