Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics — Grade 8

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Baseball Fun: Percentages, Decimals, and Fractions: Students will learn the concepts behind fractions, decimals, and percents by using sports statistics found on baseball cards.; Author: Adrian Bustle; Format: lesson plan (grade 8)
Bouncing Ball Experiment: In this experiment students should be in groups of 3. Students will drop a ball from different heights and measure the corresponding bounce. Since each group will use a different ball, they will generate different sets of data. They will be asked to discuss and compare their linear function with that of their classmates. They should practice measuring the ball bounce before they begin to collect data.; Author: alicia jones; Format: lesson plan (grades 8–12)
Experimental archaeology: Making cordage: Students will make cordage and use an activity sheet to experience a technique and skill that ancient Native Americans in North Carolina needed for everyday life. They will also compute the amount of time and materials that might have been required to make cordage and construct a scientific inquiry to study the contents of an archaeological site.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8)
Submarines: Using mass, volume and density to create a working submarine: The students will design a submarine that will float, subsurface, sink, and return once again to the water's surface by external manipulation of the submarine outside of an aquarium. In order to accomplish this, the students will use not only the concepts of mass, volume, and density but will also integrate buoyancy and ballast in their submarine design.; Author: Amy Koonce; Format: lesson plan (grade 8)
Using Percent of Change to Measure NC Growth: Students will work in small groups to use the Internet to gather data on the population growth for each of the 100 counties in NC from 1992 to 1995. From this data students will find the percent of increase/decrease for the counties they have been assigned. As a follow-up, the students will enter their data into a computer spreadsheet and from that spreadsheet, produce graphs of the information.; Author: Wanda Washburn; Format: lesson plan (grade 8)
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.; Author: Craig Smith; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
Airport Numbers: Students participate in activities in which they focus on the role of numbers and language in real-world situations.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
Classifying numbers: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use Venn diagrams to organize information about numbers.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
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.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 5–8)
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.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 7–8)
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.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 3–8)
Finding satisfactory solutions: Students apply creative solutions to problem solving in the context of a story problem.; Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
Fun with Baseball Stats: In this lesson, from Illuminations, students explore statistics surrounding baseball, and are exposed to connections between various mathematical concepts.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
A Lunch-In Affair: Students apply previous learning to decision-making that involves purchasing and preparing at least a five-item menu.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
Making your own product game: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 3–8)
Mathematics at the mall: Unit overview: Students participate in activities in which they develop number sense in and around the shopping mall.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 4–8)
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.; Provider: National Council on Economic Education; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
Shops at the Mall: Students develop number sense in and around the shopping mall.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
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.; Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Format: lesson plan (grades 6–8)
Where does the money come from?: This lesson provides information about the costs of government programs.; Provider: National Council on Economic Education; Format: lesson plan (grades 4, 8)