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Using pattern blocks, students will create a tessellation and examine geometric patterns. Each group makes a tile design using combinations of these regular polygons. The students view these designs and vote for the design which they like best. Full Review »
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Students will construct box and whisker plots to analyze and compare data sets. While trying to answer the question, "Do longer legged people run faster than shorter legged people?", students use median, upper and lower quartiles, extremes and Full Review »
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Students will estimate the size of a large population by applying the concepts of ratio and proportion through the capture-recapture statistical procedure. Students use real-life data of fish population in Chesapeake Bay as their problem. Full Review »
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Students will create the number sequences of Pascal's triangle and discover a relationship that this triangle has to theoretical probability. The students determine the total number of possible girl/boy combinations in a five-child family. Full Review »
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Students will explore an exponential growth pattern using problem solving, reasoning, communications and connections. Two students who were both born on December 21st, the date of the winter solstice, decide that it would be great not to have to attend sc Full Review »
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Students will use the Monte Carlo method to determine a reasonable number of packs of gum that need to be purchased to win a complete set of prizes. Full Review »
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In this lesson, students are given 15 chips and a number line labeled from 2-12. They are instructed to place their 15 chips on the numbers which they think will represent the sums when two dice are rolled. Students will develop winning game strategies ba Full Review »
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Students will apply the concept of ratio and proportion to determine the length of the Statue of Liberty's torch bearing arm. Students view a video of the Statue of Liberty and are asked how long the arm would be if the nose measures 4 feet 6 inches. Full Review »
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Students will apply the concepts of fractions and decimals to determine what part of a newspaper is really news. The class is instructed to reach a consensus on their definition of "news" and on general headings to be used to categorize the contents of a Full Review »
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Students will apply measurement skills to determine, in dollar bills, the capacity of a suitcase. Students devise plans to determine an appropriate estimate for the amount of money it will take to fill a given suitcase. Full Review »
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