6-8
Experience
the triangular numbers in an interesting real‑world context of the Supreme
Court. 6-8
Think
about two aspects of the time required to complete space travel within the
solar system.6-8
Explore
polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three
dimensional block figures.
6-8
Use
geoboards to visualize the geometric meanings of square and square root.
6-8, 9-12
Using an Elevator to Evaluate Signed Number Expressions
Using the idea of an elevator moving up and down, students will be given a small set of rules to add and subtract signed integers. The idea behind the method of adding and subtracting signed integers offered in these lesson is that the number of rules that s
3-5, 6-8
The objective of this lesson is to use combinations to solve KenKen puzzles. An early solution strategy is for students to guess and check and use logic-based elimination. This lesson builds on those strategies by having students systematically list all possible combinations within each cage, the darkly outlined sections of the puzzle.
6-8
This lesson is based on the MTLT article, “ Is the Last Banana Game Fair?” by Patrick Sullivan. The lesson engages students in simulations to calculate experimental probabilities and confirm those results by examining theoretical probabilities.
