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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.

These lesson plans can be viewed through the web links below shown by the buttons.

 
Baseball Proportion: Teacher Notes - proportional reasoning, scale factor, similarity, solve proportions
Baseball Proportion: Student Worksheet
Bungee m&ms: Teacher Notes - data collection, graphing, line of best fit, interpret data, organize data, make predictions
Bungee m&ms: Student Worksheet
Cylinder: Teacher Notes - Diameter, Radius, Area, Volume, Ratio, A = pr2, V = pr2h
Cylinder: Student Worksheet
Drops on a Penny: Teacher Notes - data collection, graphing, line of best fit, interpret data, organize data, make predictions
Drops on a Penny: Student Worksheet
Famous People: Teacher Notes- estimation, graphing
Famous People: Student Worksheet
Famous People: Birth Dates
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
Get a Half Life: Student Worksheet
Go Fish: Teacher Notes - data collection, interpret data, proportional reasoning, solve proportions
Go Fish: Student Worksheet
Graphing Calculators: Teacher Notes
Graphing Calculators: Student Worksheet
Human Coordinate Plane: Teacher Notes- coordinate plane, axis, slope, intercept, graphing coordinate pairs, representing lines and inequalities
Human Coordinate Plane: Student Worksheet
A Human Number Line: Teacher Notes- number line, symbols, equality, inequality, addition, subtraction, solving equations and inequalities
A Human Number Line: Student Worksheet
Line Up: Teacher Notes - integers, radicals, scientific notation, relationship of numbers, simplify and order numbers and expressions
Line Up: Student Worksheet
Reflection: Teacher Notes - transformations, reflections, coordinate plane, graphing points, making transformations (flips, sides, turns)
Reflection: Student Worksheet
The Shadow Knows: Teacher Notes - ratios, proportions, measurement, measuring lengths, solving proportions
The Shadow Knows: Student Worksheet
Shaquille O'Neal Hand/Foot Span: Teacher Notes - data collection, interpret data, line of best fit, organize data, graph data, make predictions, ratios
Shaquille O'Neal Hand/Foot Span: Student Worksheet
Spaghetti Bridges: Teacher Notes - data collection, graphing, linear equations, interpret data, organize data, graph data, make predictions
Spaghetti Bridges: Student Worksheet
Two for One Box Company: Teacher Notes - volume, nets, ratio, V=lwh
Two for One Box Company: Student Worksheet
Viewing Tubes: Teacher Notes- data collection, graphing, line of best fit, interpret data, organize data, graph data, make predictions
Viewing Tubes: Student Worksheet
Wacky Water World: Teacher Notes - linear equations, graphing calculators, interpret data, y=mx+b, graphing linear equations, graphing calculator commands, make predictions
Wacky Water World: Student Worksheet
Walking the Plank: Teacher Notes- data collection, graphing calculators, interpret data, y=Mx+b, graphing linear equations,, make predictions
Walking the Plank: Student Worksheet
 
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