MYP Course Outline: Algebra 1
MYP Course Outline: 7th Grade Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Essential Questions for the Year:
Unit Title, Length / Area of Interaction / Essential Questions / Activities / Assessment(s)MYP Course Objectives
Factoring and Multiples
3.5 Weeks / ATL
Environments / 1. What are building blocks? / -Factor tree mobiles
-Multiple pair mobiles / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Order of Operations
1.5 Weeks / ATL
Human Ingenuity / 1. How does the order in which we do things affect the outcome? / - Order of operations short story / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Integer Operations
3 Weeks / ATL / 1. What gives things value? / -Number line hopping activity / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion B
Culminating Activity:
Ordering Rational Numbers
3 Weeks / ATL / 1. Why do we classify things? / -Dashing Decimals / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Evaluating Expressions
3 weeks / Human Ingenuity / 1. Why do we have formulas in life? / -Impact Problem Set A
-Impact Problem Set B
-Impact Problem Set C
-Impact Problem Set D / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Perfect Squares, Square Roots and Irrational Numbers
3 weeks / ATL / 1. Why do we classify things? / -Perfect Square(toothpick activity) / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Surface Area and Volume
4 weeks / Environments / 1. When do answers need to be exact? / -Impact Problem Set D
-Think and Discuss
-Make a prediction
-Problem Set B
-Practice and apply / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Laws of Exponents and Scientific Notation
2 weeks / ATL / 1. How do shortcuts help us? / -Think and Discuss
-Problem Set E
-Problem Set H
-Lab Investigation: The Tower of Hanoi / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Writing Verbal Expressions
1 week / Environments / 1. Why do we need to be able to translate verbal expressions? / -Story time activity / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Solving Equations and Inequalities
3 weeks / ATL / 1. How are equations relevant to our daily lives? / -Problem Set B
-Investigation: Keeping things balanced
-Problem Set D
-Problem Set E
-Problem Set F
-Problem Set G
-Share and Summarize / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Statistics
2.5 weeks / Health and Social / 1. What insight does statistics give us relative to our daily lives? / -Average (mean) activity
-Best Fit activity / Test: Criterion A
Reflection: Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Probability
1.5 weeks / ATL / 1. Why is the likelihood of an event important to us? / - Problem Set B
- Summarize and share
- Problem Set C
-Problem Set D
-Investigation: Is it fair?
-Card game activity / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Ratios and Proportions
2 weeks / ATL
Health and Social Education / 1. What proportions do we see and use in our daily lives? / -Investigation: Thinking about Ratios
-Problem Set B
-Problem Set C
-Problem Set E / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
The Pythagorean Theorem
1.5 weeks / ATL
Human Ingenuity / 1. What concept is the most significant architectural building block? / -Unit Activity: In my house
-Break it down, build it up / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Culminating Activity:
Algebra Revisited
2 - 4 weeks / ATL / 1. When do we see patterns in our daily lives? / -Data Collection
-Living linear lines / Test : Criterion A
Reflection : Criterion D
Culminating Activity: