bricks
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Building With BricksTRANSCRIPT
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Specific Objectives-To familiarize with a brick.
To understand a brick’s shape.
To build patterns through bricks.
To Test the strength of different arrangements of bricks.
To perform simple mathematical operations related with bricks such as find its weight, find the total number of bricks needed to build a wall, etc.
Main Objectives –
- Make mathematics as a part of children’s life experiences.
- Shifting the focus from content to learning environments. - Offer connection within mathematics or across subject
areas to application in sciences.- Enjoy and appreciate the value of mathematics.
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Guess this picture
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Guessed?
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Its Qutub Minar! Isn’t it
Beautiful?
What is it basically made up
of?
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corner
•A brick is in the shape of a cuboid.•It has 6 faces/surfaces.
•It has 8 corners.
•It has 12 edges.
edgeface
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lengthbreadth
height
A cuboid has 3 dimensions- Length, Breadth and Height
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Objects having cuboidal shapes
Ah! I have seen these shapes all
around me. So they are
cuboidal in shape!
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A brick from different views
BB
BB
TOP FRONT SIDE
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Wow!!Next time I am going
to observe more carefully the patterns
around me.
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A brick kiln
This is where bricks are made This is where bricks are made
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Bricks are made from clay soil dug from the ground.
Stones are sieved from the clay.
Clay is pressed into rectangular moulds.
Bricks are left to dry.
Then they are stacked over channels of burning charcoal and baked at high temperature in a kiln.
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A common sight
near a brick kiln
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Brick feels 1.hard - moulded clay is baked at a very high temperature to form bricks
2. roughish and looks dull 3. dry4. easy to handle - bricks are all the same regular shape and size making them easy to carry and build
Brick takes a weight - they make a strong structure when bonded together
Brick resists 1. cold - brick keeps in heat (insulates)2.electricity - they will not carry an electrical charge 3. weather - bricks are hard-wearing and reasonably weatherproof4. fire - they will blacken but not burn.
Brick changes1. if frozen - bricks are not waterproof and will slowly absorb water - if the water freezes and therefore expands then the ice will lead to the bricks flaking and breaking up 2. if knocked - bricks are brittle and will shatter - some bricks are stronger than others depending on the sort of clay used
we must remember these facts ,to make
good houses when we grow up.
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Lets find out which arrangement of bricks is the strongest!Testing brick bonds • The strengths of different types of bonds (patterns of building
the bricks) can be tested as shown below. • 1. You need some rectangular blocks, a length of guttering
propped up at one end, and a big marble. • 2.Build the blocks in a regular pattern a short distance away
from the guttering. • 3. Place (not push) the marble on the top of the guttering to
roll towards the blocks. • 4. Count how many move or fall down. • 5. Build the bricks again in a different way (another bond) in
the same spot and try again. Find the strongest way to build the bricks.
Falls easily
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Doesn’t fall easily!!
So this arrangement of bricks has more
strength!
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How many bricks are needed for thefront side of the wall?
If the breadth of the room requires 3 bricks ,can you guess the number of the bricks approximately needed for that wall?Now you can find the total number of bricks (approx)needed for the four walls too!
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6x7=42 bricks
Lets explore
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Number of bricks needed is 33
So 7 layers of 3 bricks is 7 times 3 = 21 bricks21 bricks
7x3=21
No. of bricks needed for 4 walls: 42 + 21 + 42 + 21= 126 bricks126 bricks
7x3=21
6x7=42 bricks
6x7=42 bricks
This is interesting!
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Answer these Answer these
1. If one brick weighs 6 kg, what will be the weight of 5 such bricks?
2. If 400 bricks costs Rs.8000,find the cost of 200 bricks.
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6 kg 6 kg 6 kg
6 kg 6 kg 6 kg
1 brick = 6 kgSo, 5 bricks = (6+6+6+6+6)kg = 5 x 6kg = 30 kg
The cost of 400 bricks = Rs.8000As 200 bricks is half of 400 bricks, the cost will also be half.So, the cost of 200 bricks is Rs.8000 ÷ 2 = Rs.4000
Rs.4000 Rs.4000
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Brick patterns
Basic shape of a brick
Bricks & mathematics
Making of bricks
This is what we learnt!
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Now Assignments TimeNow Assignments Time
1. Weigh and measure a regular brick and note your recordings in your notebook.
2. Draw different patterns with bricks.
3.Stick Pictures of brick designs.
4. If the cost of one brick is 7 rupees, find the cost of 70 bricks.
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Match the solids with its top surface.
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Aknowledgement
The NCERT TEXTBOOK –Math-Magic Book-4
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
www.google.com
NCF-2005
National Focus Group on Teaching of Mathematics.