META24 CORE · PROJECT-BASED · MATH · MIDDLE SCHOOL · GRADE 8 · 1 CREDIT · CCSS MATH
Math 8 · Lines, Systems, the Right Triangle
Like terms, the distributive law, x on both sides — then the line: slope as rise over run, the equation written from two points, two lines solved together — and the right triangle. The builds are the heating curve, the motor, the ramp.
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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
- Simplify with like terms and the distributive property; solve with x on both sides
- Read slope as a rate from a graph, a table and two points; write the line
- Solve a system of two linear equations and say what the solution means
- Use the Pythagorean theorem to find a side, and explain why it works
AT A GLANCE · 36 WEEKS
Q1 Like terms, distribute, both sides — The String That All Goes Out
Q2 Slope · rise over run — The Candle's Melt Plateau
Q3 Write the line · solve the system — Build a Motor, Then Run It Backwards
Q4 The right triangle — The Ramp That Proves the Squared Second
Semester 1
WEEKS 1–18 · QUARTERS 1 AND 2Like terms, distribute, both sides
WEEKS 1–9THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 1–4Combine and distribute
Like terms collected; the distributive law.
WK 5–7x on both sides
Collect x, then undo.
WK 8–9The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The String That All Goes Out
The question. Why does the whole string go out — and what equation says the resistances add?
The make. The String That All Goes Out — the build on the Science Floor, in the Studio: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The series-circuit sheet with like terms combined, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS2-3HS-PS3-58.EEHS-A
Slope · rise over run
WEEKS 10–18THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 10–11Exponent rules
Product, quotient, power.
WK 12–16Slope
Rise over run; a rate; the flat line at the change.
WK 17–18The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The Candle's Melt Plateau
The question. Why does the heating curve go flat at the melt — and what is the slope of a plateau?
The make. The Candle's Melt Plateau — the build on the Science Floor, in the Personal Care Lab: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The heating curve plotted with the slopes of each leg computed, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS1-4MS-PS3-48.EE
Semester 2
WEEKS 19–36 · QUARTERS 3 AND 4Write the line · solve the system
WEEKS 19–27 · IN THIS OFFERINGTHE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 19–22Write the line
From a slope and a point; from two points.
WK 23–25Systems
Two lines, one solution — and what it means.
WK 26–27The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
Build a Motor, Then Run It Backwards
The question. When you run the motor backwards it makes power — what line relates the turns to the volts?
The make. Build a Motor, Then Run It Backwards — the build on the Science Floor, in the Fab Shop: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The motor sheet with the line written from two measured points, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS2-5HS-PS2-5HS-PS3-58.F8.EE
The right triangle
WEEKS 28–36THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 28–31Pythagoras
The hypotenuse, then a leg.
WK 32–34Volume and surface, again
Cylinders and cones, with the formulas derived.
WK 35–36The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The Ramp That Proves the Squared Second
The question. Why does the ramp prove the squared second — and what does the triangle under the ramp tell you?
The make. The Ramp That Proves the Squared Second — the build on the Science Floor, in the Fab Shop: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The ramp sheet with the ramp’s height from Pythagoras and the acceleration computed, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS2-2HS-PS2-18.G
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