Mathematics — Grade 7

Asian, African, or Australian Inventors & Inventions

The lesson integrates both Social Studies and Language Arts in a research and a creative writing component. The student will further understand inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia, the focused continents in the 7th grade Social Studies curriculum, as well as have the opportunity to develop his/her writing, reading, and oral communication skills. The project also incorporates mathematics with an emphasis on percentages and graphing.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics)

By Jeff Rachlin and Melissa Reid.

Percent Problem Solving

Students apply their knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percents to understand the relationship amongst the three. Students will solve basic percent number problems using the percent proportion or other methods and play a game using a resource of the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted to use the materials as part of the Interactivate Your Bored Math Students workshop. Students will also analyze and explain the results of their game by answering two exploration questions.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Victoria Lunetta.

See How They Run! The 100 Meter Dash

Middle level students will collect times as they run the 100 meter dash. These times will be depicted through various graphic representations (bar, circle, histogram). Times will be compared to current world records for the 100 meters. Students will decide which Math class ran fastest and support that choice in short essay form. They will also try to determine the faster gender based on the data collected.

This lesson plan is a unit filled with related lesson plans. One or two parts of this project could be completed as a stand-alone lesson, or the entire set of activities and extensions could be completed for an involved, integrated unit.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

By Holly Smith.

What's My Rule? Simple Linear Functions

Students investigate simple linear functions by trying to guess a function rule from inputs and outputs. They then write the function rule in algebraic form. This lesson uses a resource of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop "Interactivate Your Bored Math Students."

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Bev Koester.

Zoo integrated unit

The unit uses the North Carolina Zoological Park as a teaching tool rather than as a nice place to visit. It can be used by a single teacher or multiple teachers of different subjects, and it is aimed at 7th and 8th graders.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Computer Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Science)

By Craig Smith.

Lesson plans on the web

Airport Numbers

Students participate in activities in which they focus on the role of numbers and language in real-world situations. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Classifying numbers

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use Venn diagrams to organize information about numbers. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Counting Embedded Figures

Students look for patterns within a given figure, count embedded squares, rectangles, or triangles, attempt to form generalizations, and sharpen their algebraic thinking skills.

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Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Create an address number, Grades: 7-8

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students look for all the possible solution sets for a mathematics problem involving a three-digit house number. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The factor game

In this Illuminations lesson, students play the Factor Game, which engages students in a friendly contest where strategies involve distinguishing between numbers with many factors and numbers with few factors. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding satisfactory solutions

Students apply creative solutions to problem solving in the context of a story problem. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Football finances

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students analyze pictures of football stands to make estimates related to attendance at the Super Bowl, and then they make estimates about the television audience. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Fun with Baseball Stats

In this lesson, from Illuminations, students explore statistics surrounding baseball, and are exposed to connections between various mathematical concepts. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

A Lunch-In Affair

Students apply previous learning to decision-making that involves purchasing and preparing at least a five-item menu. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: 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)

Provider: 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)

Provider: 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)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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)

Provider: 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)

Provider: National Council on Economic Education

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)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics