Algebra 1 Concept Tasks
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Description
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Tommy's T-Shirts (extension)
Algebra 1 Concept Tasks |
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Concept Lesson (Teacher's Guide) Where available | Description |
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| UNIT 1 | Surround the Pool | 5.0 | Students investigate and compare visual representations of algebraic expressions. | |
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Tommy's T-Shirts (extension) |
4.0 | Students work with linear expressions to find how much they should charge for T-shirts | |
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| A Stack of Cups | 5.0, 7.0 | Students use hands on techniques to investigate the meaning of linear equations. | |
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| Music Mania | 16.0, 17.0, 18.0 | Students explore the idea of functions and develop functions based upon verbal desriptions of music download plans. | |
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| UNIT 2 | 6.0, 8.0 | Students tie knot in a rope, measure the resulting lengths and develop a function to describe the relationshihp between the length of the rope and the number of knots tied in it. | |
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| *Multiple Pathways Lesson | The Power of Diversity - Standing Tall | 7.0 | In a lesson that connects to the LAUSD Biology unit on Genetics, Students use linear equations and graphs to analyze the changes in basketball player's heights over the last 50 years. | |
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| Calling Plans | 6.0, 7.0, 9.0 | Students explore a real world problem to get the best deal on a cell phone plan. | |
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| Two Storage Tanks | 7.0, 9.0 | Students interpret information given in graphical form and use analytical techniques to solve problems. | |
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| Cal's Dinner Card Deals | 9.0 | Students interpret graphical information and translate the information into algebraic equations to explain their reasoning. | |
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| 6.0 | Students have to decide which X-games skateboarders' scores make the final. They are introduced to the whole idea of graphing linear inequalities on a plane. | |
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| UNIT 3 | Martian Math | 10.0, 11.0 | Students investigate symbolic manipulation and the distributive property by looking at the Martian Math symbols of Zeb, who is visiting Earth. | |
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| Multiplying Binomials | 10.0 | Students use visual and physical models to represent multiplying various binomials and look for patterns | |
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| S-Pattern Task | 23.0 | Students investigate a pattern of growth that is non-linear. | |
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| 21.0, 23.0 | Students decide who has the best kick, after exploring 4 different representations of quadratic functions. | |
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| Quadratic Quandry | 21.0 | Students compare the quadratic motion of two rockets. | |
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| Trading Land | 10.0, 11.0 | Students compare different areas to explore a quadratic relationship. | |
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