Tallest Buildings in the World (February 14-17)

We continued our exploration of relative size and scale by looking at the tallest buildings in the world.  The children studied my models of the former Twin Towers which have a scale of 1:373.  The actual buildings were once a quarter of a mile high.  

Before, the Twin Towers, the Empire State Building was the tallest for 40 years from 1930. Last year, the Burj Khalifa was completed in Dubai at 2,716 feet, more than a half a mile high. 

What is even more amazing is that Saudi Arabia is building the soon to be tallest building in the world called the Mile High Tower.  It will stand at 5,250 feet or 30 feet shy of one mile.

The children should graph the relative size of the world's tallest buildings as follows:

· Step 1 -- Look at your list of the 200 tallest buildings in the world and choose a building.

· Step 2 -- Write the name and location of that building in the diagonal spaces on the bottom of your graph just like I did in the examples for the Burj Khalifa and Taipei 101.

· Step 3 -- Find the height of your building on your list in feet and find the corresponding spot on the left side of the graph with that height.

· Step 4 -- Draw a bar from the height of 0 up to the height of your tower like I did with Taipei 101.

· Step 5 -- Notice the relative heights of your towers against the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa.

· Step 6 -- For an extra challenge, try to find the fraction that your tower is of the Burj Khalifa.  For example, Taipei 101 is approximately three-fifths (3/5) of the height of the Burj Khalifa. Write that fraction on the top of your graph above that building.

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