MYP Course Outline: 8th grade

Unit Title, Length / Area of Interaction / MYP Unit Question / Content Questions / Activities / Assessment(s)
Linear
Relationships
4 weeks / Health and Social Education
ATL / -How do we represent relationships? / --How are linear relationships a part of our everyday life?
--Why is it necessary to recognize and work with linear relationships?
--What are the benefits of using a linear model? / --Linear relationships can be found in a variety of situations in nature.
--Create human graph
--Steepness of the roof of a house
--Investigation: Making linear designs
--Activity: It’s All Downhill / Test : Criterion A
Criterion B
Reflection : Criterion D
Quadratic and Inverse
Relationships
2 weeks / Environment
ATL / -Why is it important to recognize the relationship between objects? / --How are quadratic relationships a part of our everyday life?
--Why is it necessary to recognize and work with quadratic relationships?
--What are the benefits of making a conjecture? / --Parabolic curves can be found in nature and have important uses in life.
--Geometric patterns represented by quadratic relationship
--Quadratic equations for the human graph.
--Investigation: Solving graph design puzzles / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Exponents
2 weeks / Approaches to Learning / -How do we model growth? / --How is exponential growth
and decay a part of our
everyday lives?
--Why is it necessary to recognize and work with exponents? / --Reinforcing loops lie at the heart of exponential growth and decay we see around us everyday.
--Exponents allow us to express extremely large and extremely small numbers more easily.
--Investigation: Modeling our solar system / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Solving Equations
2 weeks / Approaches to Learning / -Why is it important to effectively communicate ideas and concepts? / --Why would we want to write things in our lives as mathematical expressions or equations?
--How are algebraic expressions, equations, and inequalities helpful to our understanding of the world around us? / --Algebraic expressions are not just terms with letters; rather, those letters represent something.
--All relationships can be written as an algebraic expression.
--Variables can be used both for specific unknown quantities as well as for a wide range of values.
--Investigation: Clock Systems
--Investigation: Using a Spreadsheet to solve problems with two variables / Test : Criterion A
Criterion B
Transformational Geometry
2 weeks / Homo Faber
Human Ingenuity / -How do we identify the relationship between two concepts? / --Is there a relationship between art and geometry? / --Patterns of geometric design are all around us. We see them every day, woven into the fabric of our clothes, laid underfoot in the hallways of our buildings, and printed on the wallpaper in our homes.
--Investigation: Making tessellations / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Simplifying
Expressions
2 weeks / Homo Faber
Human Ingenuity / -How can we use expressions to communicate concepts? / --How can we use algebra to simplify polynomial expressions?
--In what ways can we use number properties to simplify and factor algebraic expressions? / --Algebra can be used to simplify polynomial expressions.
--Number properties can be extended to algebraic expressions and factoring.
--Investigation: Making the Cut / Test : Criterion A
Criterion B
Angles
2 weeks / Environment / -How do we identify the relationship between two concepts? / --Is there a relationship between art and geometry?
--How can angles help us to better understand the world in which we live? / The development of spatial sense helps us to interpret and appreciate the world of shapes in which we live.
Field trip to museum: to discover art-work / Test : Criterion A
Criterion C
Percents
2 weeks / Community and Service / -How can we use the concepts we learn to help us understand the world around us? / --How can percents help us to understand our world around us? / To understand percents is to understand one of the most fundamental mathematical aspects of our lives / Test : Criterion A
Criterion C
Estimation
1 weeks / Community and Service / - How can we use the concepts we learn in the real world? / --Why is estimation a useful tool? / --We can apply numerical calculations to approximate answers mentally.
--Proportions can help us to solve a variety of word problems. / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Pythagorean Theorem
1 weeks / Approaches to Learning / -How can we identify the ways in which objects relate? / --How do the sides of a right triangle relate to each other? / Test : Criterion A
Criterion B
Proportions and Measurement
2 weeks / Health and Social Education / --How can we use proportions to solve problems in our everyday lives? / --How can we use proportions to solve problems in our everyday lives? / --We can use the concept of ratios to make comparisons and solve problems involving real world similarities.
--Proportions help us to solve problems involving similar figures and right triangles
--Cooking food
--Estimating Heights of tall objects / Test : Criterion A
Criterion B
Reflection : Criterion D
Test Prep
2 weeks / Approaches to Learning / ---How can a standardized test affect my life? / ---How can a standardized test affect my life?
--Can a smart person do badly on a test?
--What kind of questions are on a standardized test? / Test : Criterion A
Criterion C
Reflection : D
Equations and Inequalities
3 weeks / Health and Social Education / --How is one expression greater or less than another? / --How is one expression greater or less than another?
--How can inequalities help you describe relationships? / Healthy Backpack weight / Test : Criterion A
Reflection :
Patterns, Relations and Functions
2 weeks / Approaches to Learning / -How is information useful to our daily lives? / --How can you use functions to represent real-world data? / --Activity: Language of Functions
--Investigation: Function Tables / Test : Criterion A
Reflection :
Constructions
3 weeks / Approaches to Learning / --How can a compass help you in the real-world? / --How can a compass help you in the real-world? / --Algebra Activity: Constructions / Test : Criterion A
Criterion C
Coordinate
Geometry
3 weeks / Approaches to Learning / -Where in the world are we? / How is a coordinate system used to locate places on Earth? / --Activity: Map out important attractions in New York City. / Test : Criterion A
Reflection :