Unit 9: Putting It All Together
Students apply concepts and skills from previous units to solve problems involving tessellations, running a restaurant, Fermi-style estimation, deforestation, and predicting temperature.
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What this unit covers
A Tessellations · 3 lessons
Goals
- Create tessellations using one or more polygons.
- Justify (in words and other representations) what shapes can and can't tessellate the plane.
Lessons
- Tessellations of the Plane (Optional)
- Regular Tessellations (Optional)
- Tessellating Polygons (Optional)
B Running a Restaurant · 3 lessons
Goals
- Apply proportional reasoning, algebraic expressions, and percentages to model aspects of running a restaurant.
- Justify numerical decisions involved in running a restaurant.
Lessons
- Cost of a Meal (Optional)
- Costs of Running a Restaurant (Optional)
- Restaurant Floor Plan (Optional)
C Making Connections · 3 lessons
Goals
- Apply proportional reasoning, algebraic expressions, and percentages to model real-world situations.
- Choose an appropriate level of accuracy when reporting estimates of quantities.
Lessons
- Fermi Problems (Optional)
- More Expressions and Equations (Optional)
- Deforestation at Scale (Optional)
D Predicting the Temperature · 3 lessons
Goals
- Create a mathematical model of bivariate data using a scatter plot.
- Describe the limitations of a mathematical model.
Lessons
- What Influences Temperature? (Optional)
- Plotting the Temperature (Optional)
- Using and Interpreting a Mathematical Model (Optional)