Five's a Crowd
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A lesson plan for grade 7 Mathematics
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In this lesson from Illuminations, students play a game in which they try to list five countries or states in order from most crowded to least crowded. Using area and population data from a website, they estimate quotients to make their list. They determine whose list is closest to the actual order by applying a mathematical model (scoring system), which they later evaluate.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 7
- Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with rational numbers.
- Objective 1.02: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers.
- Analyze computational strategies.
- Describe the effect of operations on size.
- Estimate the results of computations.
- Judge the reasonableness of solutions.
- Objective 1.02: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers.
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use graphs and data analysis.
- Objective 4.05: Solve problems involving two or more sets of data using appropriate statistical measures.
