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Careers in banking: Working with exponential growth
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.9
In this lesson, students use exponential growth to solve problems related to careers in banking.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Free falling: Working with radicals
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.4
In this lesson, students solve problems involving radicals and discuss the importance of radicals in various careers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Percent of change: What's the deal?
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.5
In this lesson, students calculate percent of change and discuss how percent of change is used in retail careers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Personal trainers: Working with slope
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.2
In this lesson, students make calculations based on slope and answer questions about slope (rate of change).
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Postal polynomials
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.6
In this lesson, students use polynomials to solve problems, and discuss how polynomials are relevant in some careers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 and 9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Predicting the future with best-fit lines
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.1
In this lesson plan, students use scatter plots and best-fit lines to make predictions based on data. Students also discuss how scatter plots and best-fit lines are useful in certain careers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Sports statisticians: Working with systems of equations
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.10
In this lesson, students use the substitution and eliminations methods to solve systems of equations related to basketball statistics.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Utility workers: Working with the Pythagorean theorem
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.7
In this lesson plan, students use the Pythagorean theorem to solve a problem relevant to the careers of utility workers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Working with matrices
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.8
In this lesson, students use matrices to organize sets of data.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
Working with parabolas
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.3
In this lesson, students graph a quadratic equation to find a solution to a hypothetical scenario involving event planners.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics and Science)
By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.