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Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Ratios
Students will compose a scale model of an oceanic geographic feature and compare it to a similar land feature.
2022-11-28
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Ratios
Students will analyze the Rf values for two species of plant material and analyze those values in a classroom spreadsheet.
2022-10-04
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Puzzles and Games
Students will look for patterns and construct equations to solve a discrete mathematical problem.
2021-03-15
Grades: 7, 8
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Ratios
Students will engage in vocabulary-rich conversations about proportional and non-proportional relationships.
2021-03-08
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Functions
Students will use sinusoids (periodic functions) to model daylight data for two US cities (Fairbanks, AK and Miami, FL).
2021-01-11
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Coding
Students will use boolean functions in OpenSCAD to add and subtract shapes to carve a digital 3D pumpkin.
2022-10-20
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Modeling
Students will plot a frequency chart of 2.0-9.0 magnitude earthquakes in Seattle and determine the likelihood of a very large earthquake of occurring (6, 7, 8, 9) and compare that to news article predictions.
2022-10-04
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Geometry
Students will learn how patterns in nature and mathematics repeat, while producing their own fractal artwork.
2022-09-23
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Nature
Students will learn about migration as they create migratory bird art using conic equations.
2022-09-01
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Engineering
Students will build a decision tree for analyzing errors in flight while comparing and contrasting Earth and Martian resources.
2022-08-24
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Inequalities
Students will create a weighted balance diagram (infographic) and write an inequality to help make an informed decision while communicating that decision to others.
2022-08-02
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Art
Students will interpret and visualize the rhythm, meter, and content of a poem using math.
2022-04-04
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Modeling
Students will calculate physical characteristics and flow rate of one glacier and determine its hydrological downstream impacts.
2022-03-18
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Architecture
Students will use math or OpenSCAD coding to create a concept design for an electrochemical battery.
2022-01-29
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Statistics
Students will analyze flight and wing data for paper airplane test flights using distributions and scatterplots.
2022-01-17
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Combinations and Permutations
Students will use discrete mathematics to determine the best possible route between four major world-wide cities.
2021-12-28
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Functions
Students will use the vertex form of the quadratic equation to build Christmas tree lights.
2021-11-24
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Art
Students will design a logo (using 3 RGB colors) describing the colors and structure mathematically.
2021-11-01
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Physics
Students will measure the change in mass with various pulley systems and analyze classroom data.
2021-10-02
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Art
Students will adjust circle equation values and points on a coordinate plane to create circle and dot art of their favorite fruit.
2021-09-15
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Statistics
Students will learn how to graph multiple sets of related data on one graph and use the data to justify a decision.
2021-09-08
Investigation
Investigation
Physics
Students will learn how velocity can be determined for an accelerating object. They will discover the fundamentals of calculus.
2021-08-16
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
General
Students will understand that everyone can learn mathematics to the highest level.
2021-05-24
Investigation
Investigation
Life Skills
Students will explore changing areas and patterns of numbers. Students can also explore the shapes formed by the fence panels and decompose those shapes into smaller shapes.
2021-05-17
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Life Skills
Students will learn how to develop a monthly budget using a spreadsheet.
2021-05-10
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Life Skills
Students will create learn about algorithms and create artistic mathematical patterns by baking, cooking, or arranging food.
2021-05-03
Investigation
Investigation
Calculus
Students will calculate the volume of a lemon using various techniques: estimation, displacement, and Riemann sums.
2021-04-26
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
General
Students will learn develop a math infographic to inspire the learning of mathematics.
2021-04-19
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
General
Students will learn develop an interactive infographic to teach a math concept.
2021-04-12
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
General
Students will construct an infographic and mini-biography on a famous mathematician using the Desmos calculator.
2021-04-12
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Engineering
Students will learn about the engineering design process while building a tower out of paper.
2021-03-29
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Engineering
Students will learn about three major bridge types while working with ratios and percentages and learning about three common functions.
2021-03-22
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Engineering
Students will use a physical model to determine the value of pi algebraically.
2021-03-15
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Engineering
Students will use boolean functions in OpenSCAD to add and subtract shapes to design an architectural structure.
2021-03-08
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Investigation
Investigation
Engineering
Students will use boolean functions in OpenSCAD to add and subtract shapes to design a structure.
2021-03-08
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Engineering
Students will collaborate to produce a simple machine with moving parts.
2021-03-01
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Music
Students will collaborate together on a music project, focusing on the pentatonic scale.
2021-02-22
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Music
Student will learn how to build and tune a musical instrument to the pentatonic scale.
2021-02-08
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Music
Students will learn about the physics of waves and music theory while tuning a standing waves to a musical note on either end of an octave.
2021-02-01
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Nature
Students will compare orbital and rotational differences between the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
2021-01-25
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Nature
Students will learn the basics of spreadsheet coding and graphing by analyzing mammal data.
2021-01-18
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Nature
Students will learn how to model ocean processes using periodic functions, illustrations, or research.
2021-01-11
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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Investigation
Nature
Students will model snowflake formation using multiple media types.
2021-01-04
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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Investigation
Art
Students will develop a sense geometric pattens through the construction of Illuminated Letters with Celtic Knots.
2020-12-14
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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Investigation
Art
Students will develop a sense geometric pattens through the construction of Celtic Knots.
2020-12-07
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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Investigation
Puzzles and Games
Students will recognize that games contain rules and structure, which are very much like the rules and structure found in mathematics.
2020-11-21
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Art
Students can recognize recursive sequences and creatively apply Fibonacci squares or the Golden Mean in an art project.
2020-11-16
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Art
Students will learn to attend to precision and develop perseverance for solving complex algorithms.
2020-11-09
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Historical
Students will learn how to calculate using Egyptian, Roman, or Mayan mathematics and switching bases. Students will develop their own number system and justify/provide rationale for its use.
2020-11-01
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Spreadsheets
Students will analyze United States birth data and discover social trends. Students will learn how to generate a pivot table in Excel and visualize data in different ways.
2020-10-26
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Nature
Students will analyze USGS seismology data in the classroom using spreadsheets and scatter plots to look for patterns and structure in the Earth’s crust.
2020-10-19
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Coding
Students will learn how to write basic code to generate objects with the OpenSCAD language.
2020-10-12
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Art
Students will study the process of illustrating word problems by producing a 3-fold booklet with 2^4 illustrations. They will not actually solve the problems.
2020-10-05
Investigation
Investigation
Art
Students will learn how to create art from mathematical models.
2020-09-28
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Investigation
Investigation
Nature
Students will develop a method for estimating cat populations using spreadsheets, online graphs, or paper.
2020-09-21
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Sequences
Students are asked to think in squares by building and quantifying their results through developing custom combination equations.
2022-06-01
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Geometry
Students will calculate the mechanical advantage of a hydraulic lift system using area, volume, and the pressure equation.
2022-06-01
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Music
Students will use counting patterns to create a repeating 25-second percussion rhythm.
2022-05-14
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Sets
Students will explore various sets and their relationships.
2022-05-05
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Music
Students will learn about inverse relationship between frequency and wavelength while learning how to construct a pan flute.
2022-05-05
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Ratios
Students will determine unit rates for dragon fruit options at a market and convert at least one unit.
2022-04-19
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Numbers
Students will generate ideas for a math poem, learn the common meter forms, and write a poem using math terms.
2022-04-04
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Modeling
Students will model reservoir levels, convert values, and measure using GIS tools.
2022-03-26
Grades: 7, 8, 9
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Ratios
Students will learn how to find rates with different base times
2022-03-25
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Statistics
Students will analyze various datasets that relate to climate science.
2022-03-06
Grades: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Functions
Students will learn about using exponential functions and their inverses.
2022-02-25
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Statistics
Students will analyze various data sets, work with charts, graphs and ratios to learn about energy sources and energy return on investment.
2022-02-18
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Chemistry
Students will practice integer addition and subtraction using atoms and ions.
2022-02-01
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Numbers
Students will develop strategies for creating products from numbers.
2022-01-26
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Ratios
Students will explore density (dots per inch) and apply it to mass/volume.
2022-01-09
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Combinations and Permutations
Students will develop a sense of discrete mathematics and combinations.
2021-12-31
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Engineering
Students will use coordinate pairs to create an extrusion Christmas tree in OpenSCAD.
2021-12-17
Grades: 4, 5
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Numbers
Students will learn to add, subtract, and plot fractions on a number line.
2021-12-03
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Statistics
Students will produce color preference data and create a method to analyze multidimensional data.
2021-11-07
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Modeling
Students will learn the difference between faults and plate boundaries by building them using various tools.
2021-10-25
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Architecture
Students will learn how to multiply fractions using an area model.
2021-10-08
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Numbers
Students will explore working with base 20, place values, and exponents.
2021-10-08
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Expressions
Students will look for patterns and build expressions that describe the quantity of dots shown.
2021-09-24
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Functions
Students will create a function for astronomical data to determine how many years it takes for the mystery Planet X to orbit around the sun.
2021-09-21
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Expressions
Students will use the technique of factoring and canceling numerator and denominator factors that equal to one through the multiplicative identity property.
2021-09-10
Grades: 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Functions
Students will use functions and limit the domain to create functions for a Desmos Marbleslide.
2021-08-30
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Geometry
Students will persevere in solving a geometry problem.
2021-05-31
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Numbers
Students will construct rational fractions using a visual model.
2021-05-28
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Geometry
Students will tesselate regular polygons into interesting patterns.
2021-05-24
Grades: 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Word Problems
Students will understand how to solve geometry word problems using quadratic equations.
2021-05-24
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Numbers
Students will explore how numbers are composed through analysis of multiples.
2021-05-24
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Ratios
Students will begin to see a set of data points as a single thing that can be analyzed, not just a bunch of disconnected points. Students learn that we can sometimes model the relationship between two variables with a line, and they continue to analyze the connections between the scatter plot and the line by comparing individual points.
2021-05-17
Grades: 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Calculus
Students will learn how to solve for a derivative of a function using the derivative definition.
2021-05-17
Grades: 5, 6
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Ratios
Students will develop number sense while creating conversion ratios for various mystery coin currency.
2021-05-17
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Statistics
Students will summarize and describe earthquake magnitude distributions in a histogram.
2021-05-10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Architecture
Students will communicate in vocabulary-rich conversations about fractions and part-to-whole relationships.
2021-05-10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Ratios
Students will strengthen their understanding of multiple representations of ratios through the context of currency exchange.
2021-05-10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Ratios
Students will use unit rates in various ways to compare the sugary-ness of five cereals.
2021-05-10
Grades: 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Functions
Students will use their knowledge of various functions to create pathways on a coordinate plane.
2021-05-10
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Geometry
Students will describe the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing three-dimensional figures.
2021-05-03
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Statistics
Students will learn to visualize data as bar charts and whisker and box charts.
2021-05-03
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Functions
Students will develop an informal understanding of rotational and reflective symmetry of functions.
2021-05-03
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Functions
Students will predict which pack of cookies contains more calories. Students then learn the number of calories in each pack and use this new information to calculate the number of calories in a new pack of cookies.
2021-04-26
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Statistics
Students will construct boxplots and dotplots using roller coaster data.
2021-04-26
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10
Mini-lesson
Mini-lesson
Calculus
Students will use Riemann sums to estimate board length of a roller coaster.
2021-04-26
During the 2020-2021 school year, fifth through tenth grade students from Renton Prep near Seattle jumped headlong into the investigations, activities, and mini-lessons fround on this website. Leadership at Renton Prep is always looking for creative ways to inspire students so the path to learning is clear and bright.