Instructional Tasks
Stand alone tasks are organized to support learning of content standards. These tasks can be used as initial instruction or to support students who are struggling with a particular topic.
Strand: MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES (8.MP)
Strand: NUMBER SYSTEM (8.NS)
Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers (Standards 8.NS.13).
Strand: EXPRESSIONS AND EQUATIONS (8.EE)
Work with radical and integer exponents (Standards 8.EE.14).
Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear relationships (Standards 8.EE.56).
Analyze and solve linear equations and inequalities and pairs of simultaneous linear equations (Standards 8.EE.78)
Strand: FUNCTIONS (8.F)
Define, evaluate, and compare functions (Standards 8.F.13)
Use functions to model relationships between quantities (Standards 8.F.45).
Strand: GEOMETRY (8.G)
Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software (Standards 8.G.15).
Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse (Standards 8.G.68).
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres (Standard 8.G.9).
Strand: STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY (8.SP)
Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data (Standards 8.SP.14).
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