Decision 1: Curriculum Map Course: 8th Grade Math
Topic: The Number System
Concept: Determine whether a number is rational or irrational. For rational numbers, show that the decimal expansion terminates or repeats (limit repeating decimals to thousandths).M08.A-N.1.1.1 / Concept: Convert a terminating or repeating decimal into a rational number (limit repeating decimals to thousandths).
M08.A-N.1.1.2 / Concept: Estimate the value of irrational numbers without a calculator (limit whole number radicand to less than 144).
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Lesson Essential Questions: What is the difference between a rational and irrational number? / Lesson Essential Questions: How can we convert a terminating or repeating decimal into a rational number? / Lesson Essential Questions: Explain the process of estimating the value of an irrational number without a calculator.
Vocabulary: rational, irrational, terminating decimal, repeating decimal / Vocabulary: rational, irrational, terminating decimal, repeating decimal / Vocabulary: perfect square, square root, estimation, irrational, whole number
Concept: Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare and order irrational numbers.
M08.A-N.1.1.4 / Concept: Locate/identify rational and irrational numbers at their approximate locations on a number line.
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Lesson Essential Questions: Explain the process of comparing and ordering irrational numbers. / Lesson Essential Questions: How do we graph rational and irrational numbers on a number line? / Lesson Essential Questions:
Vocabulary: rational, irrational, comparing, ordering, approximation / Vocabulary: rational, irrational, number line, approximation / Vocabulary:
Topic: Expressions and Equations
Concept: Apply one or more properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions without a calculator (with final answers expressed in exponential form with positive exponents).M08.B-E.1.1.1 / Concept: Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations of the form x ²= p and x³=p, where p is a positive rational number. Evaluate square roots of perfect squares (up to and including 12²) and cube roots of perfect cubes (up to and including 5³ without a calculator.
M08.B-E.1.1.2 / Concept: Estimate very large or very small quantities by using numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10, and express how many times larger or smaller one number is than another.
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Lesson Essential Questions: How do we generate equivalent numerical expressions without a calculator? / Lesson Essential Questions: What do we use to find the square root of a number or the cube root of a number? / Lesson Essential Questions: Explain the process of expressing a very large or very small number in scientific notation
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Vocabulary: powers, base, exponent, inverse operations, square root, cube root / Vocabulary: square root, cube root, perfect square, perfect cube / Vocabulary: scientific notation, power, base 10
Concept: Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used. Express answers in scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities.
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Lesson Essential Questions: Explain the process of multiplying or dividing two numbers in scientific notation.
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Topic: Expressions and Equations
Concept: Graph proportional relationships, interpreting the unit rate as the slope of the graph. Compare two different proportional relationships represented in different ways.M08.B-E.2.1.1 / Concept: Use similar right triangles to show and explain why the slope m is the same between any two distinct points on a non-vertical line in the coordinate plane.
M08. B-E.2.1.2 / Concept: Derive the equation y = mx for a line through the origin and the equation y=mx+b for a line intercepting the vertical axis at b.
Lesson Essential Questions: How can we compare two different proportional relationships? / Lesson Essential Questions: What is the definition of slope? / Lesson Essential Questions: What are the two forms of a line? Explain the characteristics of each form.
Vocabulary: slope, proportional, unit rate, rate, ratio / Vocabulary: slope, m, non-vertical, coordinate plane, similar triangles / Vocabulary: slope intercept form, vertical, horizontal, b, m
Topic: Expressions and Equations
Concept: Write and identify linear equations in one variable with one solution, infinitely many solutions, or no solutions. Show which of these possibilities is the case by successively transforming the given equation into simpler forms, until an equivalent equation of the form x=a, a=a, or a=b results (where a and b are different numbers).M08.B-E.3.1.1 / Concept: Solve linear equations that have rational number coefficients, including equations whose solutions require expanding expressions using the distributive property and collection like terms.
M08.B-E.3.1.2 / Concept: Interpret solutions to a system of two linear equations in two variables as points of intersection of their graphs, because points of intersection satisfy both equations simultaneously.
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Lesson Essential Questions: How do we write and identify linear equations in one variable? / Lesson Essential Questions: What do we do to simplify equations before solving? / Lesson Essential Questions: What does it mean to be a solution of a system of equations?
Vocabulary: solve, variable, infinitely many / Vocabulary: distributive property, like terms / Vocabulary: system of equations, solution, substitution method, elimination method
Concept: Solve systems of two linear equations in two variables algebraically, and estimate solutions by graphing the equations. Solve simple cases by inspection.
M08.B-E.3.1.4 / Concept: Solve real-world and mathematical problems leading to two linear equations in two variables.
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Lesson Essential Questions: How do we estimate solutions of system equations by inspection? / Lesson Essential Questions: How do we use solving systems of equations in real-world examples? / Lesson Essential Questions:
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Topic: Functions
Concept: Determine whether a relation is a function.M08.B-F.1.1.1 / Concept: Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way (i.e. algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions).
M08.B-F.1.1.2 / Concept: Interpret the equation
y = mx + b as defining a linear function whose graph is a straight line; give examples of functions that are not linear.
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Lesson Essential Questions: What can we use to determine whether a relation is a function? / Lesson Essential Questions: How do we compare properties of two functions? / Lesson Essential Questions: Give an example of a function that represents a line and one that is not a line.
Vocabulary: relation, function, vertical line test, mapping, table / Vocabulary: relation, function, algebraic, graph, numeric, verbal / Vocabulary: slope intercept form, function, linear
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Topic: Functions
Concept: Construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities. Determine the rate of change and initial value of the function from a description of a relationship or from two (x,y) values, including reading these from a table or from a graph. Interpret the rate of change and initial value of a linear function in terms of the situation it models and in terms of its graph or a table of values.M08.B-F.2.1.1 / Concept: Describe qualitatively the functional relationship between two quantities by analyzing a graph. Sketch or determine a graph that exhibits the qualitative features of a function that has been described verbally.
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Topic: Geometry
Concept: Identify and apply properties of rotations, reflections, and translations.M08.C-G.1.1.1 / Concept: Given two congruent figures, describe a sequence of transformations that exhibits the congruence between them.
M08.C-G.1.1.2 / Concept: Describe the effect of dilations, translations, rotations, and reflections on two-dimensional figures, using coordinates.
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Lesson Essential Questions: What are rotations, reflections, and translations? / Lesson Essential Questions: How do we describe a sequence of transformations that exhibits congruence between them? / Lesson Essential Questions: What do dilations, translations, rotations, and reflections do to two-dimensional figures in the coordinate system?
Vocabulary: rotation, reflection, translation / Vocabulary: congruent figures, transformations / Vocabulary: dilations, translations, rotations, reflections, two-dimensional
Concept: Given two similar two-dimensional figures, describe a sequence of transformations that exhibits the similarity between them.
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Topic: Geometry
Concept: Apply the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem to show a triangle is a right triangle.M08.C-G.2.1.1 / Concept: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and mathematical problems in two and three dimensions.
M08.C-G.2.1.2 / Concept: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points in a coordinate system.
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Lesson Essential Questions: Explain the process of using the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem to show a triangle is a right triangle. / Lesson Essential Questions: Explain the process to determine unknown side lengths in a right triangle in real-world and mathematical problems. / Lesson Essential Questions: How can we use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points in a coordinate system?
Vocabulary: Pythagorean Theorem, right triangle, converse / Vocabulary: Pythagorean Theorem, right triangle / Vocabulary: Pythagorean Theorem, distance, coordinate system
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Topic: Geometry
M08.C-G.3.1.1 / Concept: Apply formulas for the surface area of cones and cylinders. Formulas are provided.
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Lesson Essential Questions: How can we find the volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres in real-world and mathematical problems? / Lesson Essential Questions: How can we find the surface area of cones and cylinders in real world and mathematical problems? / Lesson Essential Questions:
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Topic: Statistics and Probability
M08.D-S.1.1.1 / Concept: For scatter plots that suggest a linear association, identify a line of best fit by judging the closeness of the data points to the line.
M08.D-S.1.1.2 / Concept: Use the equation of a linear model to solve problems in the context of bivariate measurement data, interpreting the slope and intercept.
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Lesson Essential Questions:
1. What is the process of constructing a scatter plot from real world situations?
2. What are outliers and how do we find them from the data given?
3. How do we determine the correlation of a scatter plot? / Lesson Essential Questions: What does it mean to be a line of best fit? / Lesson Essential Questions: How can I determine the slope and intercepts from an equation?
Vocabulary: scatter plot, bivariate, outliers, correlations, linear, nonlinear / Vocabulary: scatter plots, line of best fit / Vocabulary: bivariate, slope, intercept
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Topic: Statistics and Probability
Concept: Construct and interpret a two-way table summarizing data on two categorical variables collected from the same subjects. Use relative frequencies calculated for rows or columns to describe possible associations between the two variables.M08.D-S.1.2.1 / Concept: / Concept:
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