Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Equivalent Expressions Using Exponents

For Students 6th - 8th
Apply your critical thinking skills to learn about multiplication and division of exponents. This interactive exercise focuses on positive and negative exponents and combining exponents in an effort to get you to recognize patterns and...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Sse Seeing Dots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to identify the structure in the two algebraic expressions by interpreting them in terms of a geometric context, a series of squares filled with dot arrangements. Students are asked to notice a pattern and...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: N cn.a and N cn.a.1: Complex Number Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This task serves as a possible first student exploration after an initial introduction to the form and arithmetic of complex multiplication. Students need to understand that every complex number can be expressed in the form a+bi, and...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee,g Sierpinski's Carpet

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this task, 6th graders are presented with a large square divided into 9 squares and the center square is then removed. They are asked to find the area of the 8 remaining squares. Each smaller square is divided in the same way and the...