Writing Constructed Responses

How does your garden grow? Use proportions to help Tim answer that question. By using their understanding of proportional relationships, pupils determine the number of seeds that will sprout. They create their own linear relationships...

Would your ideal science lab be filled with bubbling beakers and zapping Tesla coils? Or would it contain state-of-the-art computer technology and data analysis? Dream big with an innovative lesson that connects math and language arts...

If you've ever wanted to start a summer business, now's your chance. Individuals research options and costs for starting a summer business. They create equations regarding start-up costs and write up a proposal for their business.

Beyond reading and arithmetic, one of the most important skills for graduating seniors to have is fiscal literacy and responsibility. Start them on the right financial track with nine lessons that focus on a variety of important personal...

See how math is like magic. Scholars try several examples of a number trick to verify it works for all values. Writing algebraic expressions and/or equations help them prove that the number trick results in the same output number...

Scholars determine how long it takes to build a birdhouse with the second instructional activity on using equations with proportional relationships. The resource uses examples such as birdhouse building and produce prices to encourage...

Groups plan their escape carefully. Three three-tiered puzzles help a story character escape their situation, each involving integer sequences, transformations, and geometric constructions. The teacher resource includes slides and...

This amazingly extensive unit covers a wealth of geometric ground, ranging from constructions to angle properties, triangle theorems, rigid transformations, and fundamentals of formal proofs.  Each of the almost-forty lessons is broken...

Scholars first complete an assessment task on writing linear equations to model and solve a problem on a running race. They then take part in a card matching activity where they match equations and graphs of lines to diagrams of fluid...

Students examine the use of pie charts and budgeting gas prices for a trip. They complete worksheets as they answer questions about a pie chart, outline their project, and calculate the cost of their trip. In the third lesson plan of...