Recurring themes and concepts

7.5(C)

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity in Systems

Analyze how differences in scale, proportion, or quantity affect a system's structure or performance.

Part of The student understands that recurring themes and concepts provide a framework for making connections across disciplines

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Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

In this lesson you will analyze how a change in scale, proportion, or quantity changes a system's structure, how its parts are built and arranged, or its performance, how well it does its job. Ask what got bigger, smaller, or more numerous, and whether that changed structure, performance, or both.