Tiles and Turtles [Day 1] – Moroccan Mosaics
Problem based unit exploring concepts relating to rigid motion transformations and their properties. Purposeful practice and math talks included throu…
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Better Buy [Day 1] – Jellybeans
Calculate Rates or “Unit Rates” using strategies and models with ratio and rate reasoning to determine which store has the better buy.
Can Drive [Day 3] – Collecting Cans
Financial literacy lesson investigating percent as operator in a curious 3 act math task leveraging the context of tips and gratuities.
Can Drive [Day 1] – Collecting Cans
Financial literacy lesson investigating percent as operator in a curious 3 act math task leveraging the context of tips and gratuities.
Big Tipper [Day 1] – Gratuity
Financial literacy lesson investigating percent as operator in a curious 3 act math task leveraging the context of tips and gratuities.
Pop Goes the Volume [Day 4] – Cones and Spheres
Problem based math lesson (PBL) for conceptualizing the relationship between a cylinder, cone and sphere to derive the volume of a sphere formula.
Pop Goes the Volume [Day 3] – Cylinders and Cones
Investigate volume of a cone to reveal that the volume of a cylinder is triple the volume of the cone with the same radius and height.
Pop Goes the Volume – Would You Rather Cylinders
Determine the volume of different popcorn containers by investigating the relationship between a cylinder, cone and sphere in this 3 act math task sty…
Covering Ground [Day 3] – Rug Dilemma
Leverage the relationship between rectangles and other parallelograms to generalize the area of a parallelogram formula through investigation.
Covering Ground [Day 1] – Backyard Makeover
Investigate the area of a triangle through contextual problem based 3 act math tasks and develop the formula for the area of a triangle.
