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Circle Pattern In this task. students will examine the ratios of inscribed circles of different colors. This task includes: |
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Circles and Squares This task requires students to determine ratios between measurements of multiple inscribed squares and circles. This task includes: |
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Circles in Triangles In this task, students must calculate the radius of various inscribes circles. This task includes: |
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Cooling Colas In Cooling Colas, students predict how long it will take cola to cool down to the desired temperature. This task includes:
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Creating Equations In this task, students will create four equations from the given information. This task includes: |
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Cubic Graph In this task, students will begin examining cubic equations. This task includes: |
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Do No Harm This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: In this unit, students will learn about the role government plays in setting policy and supporting and regulating various aspects of the healthcare industry, and about the impact these activities have on the lives of ordinary citizens. The unit will focus on three areas in which federal or state governments have influenced biomedical research and healthcare practice: stem cell research (Subunit 1), pharmaceutical advertising (Subunit 2), and vaccination against communicable disease (Subunit 3). |
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Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations In this task, students will answer five short questions regarding geometric properties. This task includes: |
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Extending the Enneagon In Extending the Enneagon, students determine the meaure of an angle formed by extending two sides of an enneagon until they intersect. Elements of this problem are explored in Grade 7, when students “Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in a multi- step problem to write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure.” Combining those concepts with properties of regular polygons is more likely tackled in high school. This task includes:
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Fall of Javert In this task, students must use quadratic functions to determine how high the bridge was that Javert, from Les Miserable, fell from in order for him to be able to sing for the full 8 second interval. Students will then explore this further with two additional project tasks. This task includes: |
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