Section 3

Lesson 2: Drawing an Exploded-View Diagram

 

Focus

 

Have you made a smoothie in a blender? If you have used a blender, you have had to take the container apart to wash up. Once dry, the container can be reassembled for storage. Look at the exploded view of the blender in the diagram. Is your blender similar? Perhaps you could have drawn a similar diagram. In this lesson you will explore the basics of drawing an exploded view.

 

Lesson Questions

 

In this lesson you will investigate the following questions:

• How are exploded-view diagrams drawn?
• How important is scale in exploded-view diagrams?

Assessment

 

Your assessment for this lesson may include a combination of the following:

• course folder submissions from the Try This and Share sections of this lesson

• your contribution to Mathematics 20-3: Glossary Terms

• Lesson 2 Assignment (Save a copy of your lesson assignment to your course folder now.)

• the Project Connection

Materials and Equipment

• pens
• pencils
• geometry set
• ruler

Time

 

This lesson has been designed to take 150 minutes; however, it may take more or less time depending on how well you are able to understand the lesson concepts. It is important that you progress at your own pace based on your own learning needs.