Mathematics — Grade 7

Trashketball review for ratios, fractions, decimals and percents.

This lesson will help the students with changing from ratios to fractions, fractions to decimals, and decimals to percents.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By David Crumm.

Surface area of rectangular prisms

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.5

In this lesson for grade seven, students calculate the surface area of flattened cardboard boxes and discuss how the concept of surface area is important in various careers.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

Stockbrokers: Adding and subtracting integers

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.8

In this lesson for grade seven, students will learn about the careers of stockbrokers, and will attempt to quickly solve the kinds of problems stockbrokers must solve every day.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

Simple interest

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.6

In this lesson for grade seven, students learn how to calculate simple interest, and research careers in which people need to understand simple interest.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Tammie J. Dawkins-Smith and Cynthia Russell.Adapted by Sharon Abell, Peggy Dickey, and Barbara Turner.

Perimeter of rectangles

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.3

In this lesson for grade seven, students practice measuring perimeter and discuss careers in which calculations of perimeter are important.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

Percent of a number

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.10

In this lesson for grade seven, students will act as fair planners ordering food for the Dixie Classic Fair. Students will calculate percentages to determine how much food to order.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

Interior designers: Working with area

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.4

In this lesson for grade seven, students will act as interior designers, and will measure the walls of the classroom to determine the area of each wall.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

Frequency tables

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.1

In this lesson for grade seven, students discuss how frequency tables are used in various careers. Students use survey data collected in class to make their own frequency tables and present them to the class.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey, Carol Taylor, and Monika Vasili.Adapted by Sharon Abell and Barbara Turner.

Football math

Students will calculate team yardage in a football game using sign numbers.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Mathematics)

By John Keith.

Career skill: Writing expressions and equations

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.9

In this lesson for grade seven, students will translate between natural language sentences and mathematical equations. Students will discuss how this skill may be useful in various careers.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

ACC basketball

The students will use ACC basketball statistics to practice the process of converting fractions to decimals then to percents and will learn how to create and edit a spreadsheet. They will then use this spreadsheet to analyze their data. This unit is done during the basketball season.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

By Susan Dougherty.

Resources on the web

Understanding Rational Numbers and Proportions

Students use real-world models to develop an understanding of fractions, decimals, unit rates, proportions, and problem solving. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5–7 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Travel in the Solar System

This lesson, from Illuminations, affords students the opportunity to think about two aspects of the time required to complete space travel within the Solar System. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Too Big or Too Small?

Students develop number sense through a change in approach to the teaching and learning of mathematics. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Real Estate Tycoon

Students design, “build,” and “sell” a house and then simulate investment of the profits in the stock market. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Q T Pi Fashions - Learning About Credit Card Use

Students learn the joys and dangers of using credit as they help Credita, the main character in this activity, solve her credit problems. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council on Economic Education

The Product Game: Connections and extensions

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. In this game, players start with a set of given factors and then multiply to find the product. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Playing the product game

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn the rules of and play the Product Game, which challenges them to find a product of several numbers using a game board. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making your own product game

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Magic Squares

This lesson, from Illuminations, explores magic squares from both a historical and mathematical perspective. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics