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Building a Box

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L570

This lesson focuses on using nets to create 3-dimensional objects. It was featured in the magazine, Teaching Children Mathematics . This lesson was created by Dr. Bob Mann.

Integrates Critical Thinking

Money Math: Lessons for Life

http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/mar/marmoneymath.htm

This is a unit that is broken into 4 lessons. It was created at the University of Missouri to focus on budgeting. It is aligned to the NCTM math standards for 7th to 9th grade students.

• Lesson 1 - decimals & percents, number sense, data analysis, solving equations, problem solving
• Lesson 2 - measurement, dimension, height, width, length, area, average
• Lesson 3 - percents & decimals, data in tables, reasoning &, problem solving with multi-step problems
• Lesson 4 - organizing numerical data, spreadsheet application, problem solving

Integrates Critical Thinking

Barbie Bungee

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L646

This lesson focuses on collecting data, creating a scatterplot, finding a line of best fit, and predicting distances. Students model a bungee jump using a Barbie doll. Students also use spreadsheets and graphs to examine linear functions. This lesson was created by Samuel E. Zordak.

Integrates Critical Thinking

An Introduction to Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/lessons/IntroArithmetic/

This lesson focuses on teaching arithmetic sequences.

Integrates Critical Thinking

Corner to Corner

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U174

This lesson focuses on discovering the Pythagorean Theorem through patterns and diagonals within rectangles. It is broken into two lessons. This lesson was created by Christopher Johnston.

Integrates Critical Thinking