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8th
Grade Lesson Plans - The activities included in this section are models for lesson plans that exemplify best practice teaching in mathematics. Sources for the activities include Pinellas County Secondary Mathematics teachers, the Jump Start Algebra Summer Program, and the Opening the Gate project, a statewide funded initiative that began in 1992. Teacher and student versions of each activity are provided.
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Baseball Proportion:
Teacher Notes - proportional reasoning, scale factor, similarity,
solve proportions |
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Baseball Proportion:
Student Worksheet |
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Bubbles: Teacher
Notes- data collection, measurement, graphing, interpret data, organize
data, make predictions |
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Bubbles: Student
Worksheet |
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Bungee m&ms:
Teacher Notes - data collection, graphing, line of best fit, interpret
data, organize data, make predictions |
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Bungee m&ms:
Student Worksheet |
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Cylinder: Teacher
Notes - Diameter, Radius, Area, Volume, Ratio, A = pr2,
V = pr2h |
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Cylinder: Student
Worksheet |
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Drops on a
Penny: Teacher Notes - data collection, graphing, line of best fit,
interpret data, organize data, make predictions |
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Drops on a
Penny: Student Worksheet |
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Famous People:
Teacher Notes- estimation, graphing |
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Famous People:
Student Worksheet |
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Famous People:
Birth Dates |
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Get
a Half Life: Teacher Notes - data collection, graphing calculator,
line of best fit, interpret data, functions, calculator commands, exponential
decay, graph data, curve of best fit |
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Get
a Half Life: Student Worksheet |
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Go Fish: Teacher
Notes - data collection, interpret data, proportional reasoning, solve
proportions |
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Go Fish: Student
Worksheet |
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Graphing Calculators:
Teacher Notes |
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Graphing Calculators:
Student Worksheet |
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Hands
on Equations: Teacher Notes |
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Hands
on Equations: Student Worksheet |
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Human Coordinate
Plane: Teacher Notes- coordinate plane, axis, slope, intercept, graphing
coordinate pairs, representing lines and inequalities |
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Human Coordinate
Plane: Student Worksheet |
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A Human Number
Line: Teacher Notes- number line, symbols, equality, inequality, addition,
subtraction, solving equations and inequalities |
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A Human Number
Line: Student Worksheet |
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Line Up: Teacher
Notes - integers, radicals, scientific notation, relationship of numbers,
simplify and order numbers and expressions |
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Line Up: Student
Worksheet |
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Reflection:
Teacher Notes - transformations, reflections, coordinate plane, graphing
points, making transformations (flips, sides, turns) |
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Reflection:
Student Worksheet |
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Reflection:
Stencils |
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The Shadow
Knows: Teacher Notes - ratios, proportions, measurement, measuring
lengths, solving proportions |
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The Shadow
Knows: Student Worksheet |
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Shaquille
O'Neal Hand/Foot Span: Teacher Notes - data collection, interpret
data, line of best fit, organize data, graph data, make predictions, ratios |
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Shaquille O'Neal
Hand/Foot Span: Student Worksheet |
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Shaquille
O'Neal Hand/Foot Span: Hand
and Foot Patterns |
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Spaghetti Bridges:
Teacher Notes - data collection, graphing, linear equations, interpret
data, organize data, graph data, make predictions |
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Spaghetti Bridges:
Student Worksheet |
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Two for One
Box Company: Teacher Notes - volume, nets, ratio, V=lwh |
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Two for One
Box Company: Student Worksheet |
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Viewing Tubes:
Teacher Notes- data collection, graphing, line of best fit, interpret
data, organize data, graph data, make predictions |
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Viewing Tubes:
Student Worksheet |
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Wacky Water
World: Teacher Notes - linear equations, graphing calculators, interpret
data, y=mx+b, graphing linear equations, graphing calculator commands,
make predictions |
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Wacky Water
World: Student Worksheet |
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Walking the
Plank: Teacher Notes- data collection, graphing calculators, interpret
data, y=Mx+b, graphing linear equations,, make predictions |
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Walking the
Plank: Student Worksheet |
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