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2008 TIMSS Advanced Mathematics Set The 2008 TIMSS Advanced Mathematics Set covers the content domains of geometry, algebra, and calculus, and the cognitive domains of knowing, reasoning, and applying. This task includes:
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A Stitch in Time In this task, students will work in groups to create various artifacts for a community's heritage museum and come up with a presentation to help fundraise. This task includes: |
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Crime Scene Investigation This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: In this unit, students take on the role of crime scene investigators to solve a murder that has occurred at the school. They will integrate math, science, and language arts into the study of forensic science and associated legal careers such as district attorneys, law enforcement, pathology, forensic science, and medical examination. |
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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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Flying High In Flying High, students try to figure out which of two airplanes is gaining altitude more quickly. A key to the problem is picking a good representation for the situation. This task includes:
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From Here to There In this task, students will work together to present the most cost efficient transportation services for your company. This task includes: |
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Geo-Soccer In this task, students will use geometry to present the region most likely to score a goal from. This task includes: |
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Geodesic Greenhouses In this task, students will role play as engineers for a greenhouse company. They will design the most energy efficient and weather resistant greenhouse structure. This task includes: |
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It's a Mad, Mad World! In this task, students will act as structural engineers who have been approached with an emergency situation. They will redesign a souvenir used to map flights to prevent a marketable tool from being banned in airplanes. This task includes: |
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Optical Illusions In this task, students will act as creative designers and design an optical illusion to be used in vision testing. This task includes: |
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