Math Investigations and Mini-Lessons

Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Students will use precision and accuracy while creatively developing a method to determine the exact time of solar noon at school on a particular day.
Grades: 7, 8
Mini-lesson
Students will engage in vocabulary-rich conversations about proportional and non-proportional relationships.
Grades: 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Students will understand how to solve geometry word problems using quadratic equations.
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Students will produce color preference data and create a method to analyze multidimensional data.
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Students will use coordinate pairs to create an extrusion Christmas tree in OpenSCAD.
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Students will generate ideas for a math poem, learn the common meter forms, and write a poem using math terms.

Math Investigations: Our math investigations are designed on the project-based learning model (PBL). PBL is a student-centered pedagogy that involves a dynamic classroom approach in which students acquire a knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges. Students team up and learn about applied math topics by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question or problem. Disco Math's math investigations were initially tested with Renton Prep's 7th through 10th grade students. The math investigations listed are intended to be student-facing PBL instructional prompts. A generic rubric is available for the investigations.

Investigations

Mini-Lessons: Listing include links to activities created through Desmos Activites teacher's portal. Mini-lessons are intended to be one-off, 30 to 50-minute lessons.

Mini-lessons

Math Tools: Browse a database of interactive graphs which allow deeper understanding of mathematical concepts. These have mostly been developed using the Desmos calculator and geometry tools.

Math Tools

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