Iowa- Mathematics: Grades 6-8

Core Curriculum    Adopted: 2008

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1: Number and Operation

1.1: Understand, apply, and be computationally fluent with multiplication and division of fractions and decimals

Adding Real Numbers
 Multiplying Decimals (Area Model)
 Multiplying with Decimals

1.2: Understand, apply, and be computationally fluent with rational numbers, including negative numbers

Adding Real Numbers
 Dividing Fractions
 Dividing Mixed Numbers
 Estimating Sums and Differences
 Fractions with Unlike Denominators
 Multiplying Decimals (Area Model)
 Multiplying Fractions
 Multiplying Mixed Numbers
 Multiplying with Decimals
 Real Number Line - Activity A
 Sums and Differences with Decimals

1.3: Understand and apply ratio and rate, including percents, and connect ratio and rate to fractions and decimals

Part:Part and Part:Whole Ratios
 Percents and Proportions
 Polling: Neighborhood

1.4: Understand and apply proportional reasoning

Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions)
 Estimating Population Size
 Proportions and Common Multipliers

2: Algebra

2.1: Write, interpret, and use mathematical expressions, find equivalent forms, and relate such symbolic representations to verbal and tabular representations

Linear Functions
 Using Algebraic Equations
 Using Algebraic Expressions
 Using Tables, Rules and Graphs

2.2: Understand and apply proportionality

Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions)
 Estimating Population Size
 Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
 Polling: Neighborhood
 Proportions and Common Multipliers
 Similar Figures - Activity A

2.3: Understand, solve, and apply linear equations and inequalities

Linear Inequalities in Two Variables - Activity A
 Modeling and Solving Two-Step Equations
 Road Trip (Problem Solving)
 Solving Equations By Graphing Each Side
 Solving Linear Inequalities using Addition and Subtraction
 Solving Linear Inequalities using Multiplication and Division
 Solving Two-Step Equations
 Systems of Linear Inequalities (Slope-intercept form) - Activity A

2.4: Understand and apply linear functions

Function Machines 1 (Functions and Tables)
 Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
 Function Machines 3 (Functions and Problem Solving)
 Linear Functions
 Point-Slope Form of a Line - Activity A
 Slope-Intercept Form of a Line - Activity A
 Using Tables, Rules and Graphs

2.5: Use tables and graphs to analyze systems of linear equations

Arithmetic Sequences
 Elevator Operator (Line Graphs)
 Function Machines 1 (Functions and Tables)
 Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
 Function Machines 3 (Functions and Problem Solving)
 Graphing Skills
 Linear Functions
 Quadratic and Absolute Value Functions
 Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
 Reaction Time 2 (Graphs and Statistics)
 Slope-Intercept Form of a Line - Activity A
 Using Tables, Rules and Graphs

3: Geometry and Measurement

3.2: Understand and apply similarity, with connections to proportion

Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
 Similar Figures - Activity A

3.3: Understand, determine, and apply surface areas and volume of prisms and cylinders and circumference and area of circles

Balancing Blocks (Volume)
 Circle: Circumference and Area
 Perimeter, Circumference, and Area - Activity B
 Prisms and Cylinders - Activity A
 Surface and Lateral Area of Prisms and Cylinders

3.4: Analyze two-dimensional space and figures by using distance, angle, coordinates, and transformations

Classifying Quadrilaterals - Activity A
 Dilations
 Distance Formula - Activity A
 Geoboard: The Pythagorean Theorem
 Parallelogram Conditions
 Points in the Coordinate Plane - Activity A
 Pythagorean Theorem - Activity A
 Quilting Bee (Symmetry)
 Reflections
 Rock Art (Transformations)
 Rotations, Reflections and Translations
 Special Quadrilaterals
 Translations

3.5: Visualize, represent, and describe three-dimensional shapes

3D and Orthographic Views - Activity A

4: Data Analysis and Probability

4.1: Understand, interpret, determine, and apply measures of center and graphical representations of data

Box-and-Whisker Plots
 Describing Data Using Statistics
 Graphing Skills
 Histograms
 Line Plots
 Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)
 Mean, Median and Mode
 Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median)
 Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
 Reaction Time 2 (Graphs and Statistics)
 Scatter Plots - Activity A
 Stem-and-Leaf Plots

4.2: Understand and represent simple probabilistic situations

Spin the Big Wheel! (Probability)

4.3: Use proportions and percentages to analyze data and chance

Estimating Population Size
 Polling: Neighborhood

4.4: Analyze and summarize data sets, including initial analysis of variability

Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median)
 Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
 Reaction Time 2 (Graphs and Statistics)

4.5: Understand, compute, and estimate simple probabilities using counting strategies and simulation

Geometric Probability - Activity A
 Probability Simulations
 Spin the Big Wheel! (Probability)
 Theoretical and Experimental Probability

Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017

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