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25 billion apps - Dan Meyer Three Act Task

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The question is simple: When should you start bombarding the App Store with purchases if you want to win a $10,000 App Store Gift card? The lesson hooks students immediately with the initial video clip of a “live” counter of current downloads showing the number approaching 25,000,000,000. The mathematics deals with modeling a linear relationship between two quantities

8/2/2016 Trey Cox
8.F.B.4 8.F.A.3 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 8 Video

Preheating the Oven

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Students use rate of change ideas to predict how long it will take for an oven to preheat to 400 degrees. The youtube video may be used to bring drama to the lesson! A link to the video is here and also in the documents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ooIWFAcII&list=UUiPlxONW80Z8rGpu3lSLwjg

8/2/2016 Scott Adamson
7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.2a 7.RP.A.2b 7.RP.A.2c 8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 8.F.B.5 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.6 MP.8 6 7 8 Activity

Rule Time: Salute to Speed

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You will need these video clips: Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XLkMx58Mb8 Part 2 (after the problem situation is resolved) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ28I3TLcRI Outtakes if you want - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObBiRjepgxA

8/2/2016 Scott Adamson
8.F.A.1 8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 8.F.B.5 8.EE.C.7 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 7 8 Activity

Survivor - Mathematics!

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Students will apply their understanding of linear and quadratic functions to solve a Survivor challenge!

8/2/2016 Scott Adamson
8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 8.F.B.5 HSA-CED.A.2 HSA-CED.A.1 HSA-REI.B.4 HSA-REI.B.3 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 8 7 HS Activity

Steeper, Faster, Division, and Slope

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What does "steeper" mean? What does "faster" mean? And how do these ideas connect to the idea of linear functions? This 3-part series explores these questions and helps students to understand why we divide when computing slope and what proportional correspondence has to do with it all!

8/2/2016 Scott Adamson
7.RP.A.1 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.2b 7.RP.A.2c 7.RP.A.2d 8.F.A.1 8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 7 8 HS Activity

A Pool Design Pattern

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A pool desinger has lost his plans for some large, rectangular pools. He needs your help to sketch the next two pools in the pattern, and to develop a rule to determine how many tiles he'll need to create a visual model of the designs.

8/2/2016 Lynda Boepple
8.F.A.1 8.F.B.4 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 8 Activity

Linear Function Model - Blood Alcohol Content

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This is the PowerPoint version of the activity related to developing a linear function model for the context of BAC.

8/2/2016 Scott Adamson
8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 8.F.B.5 HSF-IF.C.8 HSF-BF.A.1 HSF-LE.A.1a HSF-LE.A.1b MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 8 HS Activity

Is a Super Ball REALLY Super?

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Is a Super Ball REALLY "super?"  This activity allows students to collect data and to make an argument regarding this quetions. See the PowerPoint for details about the activity... Note: It is best to gain access to an authentic, Wham-O Super Ball made with Zectron! https://www.amazon.com/orginal-super-ball-wtih-zectron/dp/B0001ZN49I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1513808409&sr=8-2&keywords=whamo+super+ball

8/2/2016 Scott Adamson
6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.3 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.3 8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 8.F.B.5 HSF-IF.C.7 HSF-IF.B.6 HSA-CED.A.2 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 5 6 7 8 HS Activity