META24 CORE · PROJECT-BASED · MATH · MIDDLE SCHOOL · GRADE 6 · 1 CREDIT · CCSS MATH
Math 6 · Groups, Rank, the Unknown
Multiplication is groups and division is groups coming apart; operations have rank; exponents are their own rungs; and x is just a number you have not met yet. Every rung has a TEACH, a PLAY, a FLASH round and a FLOOR story, and every quarter ends in a build on the Science Floor that needs the maths.
THE MIX · HOW MUCH OF EACH CORE SUBJECT THIS COURSE CARRIES · IN ORDER
MATHSCIENCEREADING & WRITINGTECHNOLOGY & TRADES
The squares are a picture of a course — how much of each core subject its own rooms carry, read from the rooms’ text — never a score of a student. Every course in a lab is graded to the core across the board; the squares say which columns it feeds most.
WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
- Multiply and divide multi-digit numbers and explain what the remainder is
- Apply the order of operations and evaluate expressions with exponents
- Solve one-step equations by undoing what was done to x
- Find perimeter, area, surface area and volume of the shapes a kitchen and a shop are made of
AT A GLANCE · 36 WEEKS
Q1 Foundations · groups — The 12th Fret Is Exactly Half
Q2 Pre-Algebra · rank — Isolate All Three Modes
Q3 Solving for x · undo it — The Ten-Metre Runway
Q4 Geometry · the shapes a shop is made of — The Density Tower
Semester 1
WEEKS 1–18 · QUARTERS 1 AND 2Foundations · groups
WEEKS 1–9 · IN THIS OFFERINGTHE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 1–3Multiplication as groups
1×2 and 2×2 digit multiplication; the mean as sharing out.
WK 4–7Division as groups coming apart
Long division; no remainder, then a remainder, then two digits.
WK 8–9The first section test
Twenty questions, graded; Their Board — write your own.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The 12th Fret Is Exactly Half
The question. Why is the twelfth fret exactly half the string — and what does halving do to the note?
The make. The 12th Fret Is Exactly Half — the build on the Science Floor, in the Music Lab: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The fret measurements and the halving sheet, handed in through the Science Floor; the section test score
MS-PS4-1HS-PS4-14.NBT4.OA
Pre-Algebra · rank
WEEKS 10–18THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 10–13Which comes first
Grouping, multiply-and-divide first, add-and-subtract last, PEMDAS whole.
WK 14–16Exponents
What an exponent says; expand it; evaluate it; the special cases.
WK 17–18The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
Isolate All Three Modes
The question. Which of the three ways heat moves is warming the cup — and in what order do you compute it?
The make. Isolate All Three Modes — the build on the Science Floor, in the HVAC bay: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The three-mode sheet with the order of operations shown, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS3-3MS-PS3-4HS-PS3-45.OA
Semester 2
WEEKS 19–36 · QUARTERS 3 AND 4Solving for x · undo it
WEEKS 19–27THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 19–21Undo the plus and the minus
One move: the inverse operation on both sides.
WK 22–24Undo the times and the divide
One move, the other two operations; the beam and the blocks in PLAY.
WK 25–27The order, then the test
The order of operations as a solving tool; the section test; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The Ten-Metre Runway
The question. How fast is the cart — and which operation undoes the distance to find the time?
The make. The Ten-Metre Runway — the build on the Science Floor, in the Fab Shop: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The ten-metre runway sheet with the equation solved for time, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS2-26.EE
Geometry · the shapes a shop is made of
WEEKS 28–36THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 28–30Perimeter and area
The fence and the floor.
WK 31–34Surface and volume
What a box holds and what it takes to wrap it.
WK 35–36The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The Density Tower
The question. Why does the honey sit under the oil — and how much of each is in the tower?
The make. The Density Tower — the build on the Science Floor, in the Kitchen: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The density tower with every layer’s volume and mass computed, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS1-2MS-PS2-16.G
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