Integrated Math III · Week 26 · Mathematical Modeling with Geometry
Density and Community
Population density and access to parks or grocery stores.
- Students will
- Students compute people per square mile and people per park to compare access across three areas.
- SEL skill
- Compare how an area's resources look to the people who live there
- What it looks like
- Students think critically about fairness when resources are shared unevenly.
- Content focus
- Population density as a rate
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is understanding how situations look and feel to other people, especially people whose backgrounds differ from yours, and showing empathy. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- G-MG.2: High School Geometry: Modeling with Geometry, standard 2
- Standard for Mathematical Practice: MP4 Model with mathematics
- CA Mathematics Framework (2023): Discovering Shape and Space
- Traditional course: Geometry
Fits these textbook chapters
- CCSS Integrated Pathway Mathematics III, Unit 4B: Mathematical Modeling and Choosing a Model
- Savvas enVision Integrated Mathematics III, Topic 11: Two- and Three-Dimensional Models
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More social awareness activities for Integrated Math III
- Samples and Stories Social awarenessHow sampling methods include or leave out voices.
- Surveys That Listen Social awarenessDesigning an unbiased survey about student needs.
- The Normal Curve Social awarenessNormal distributions; why being far from average is human.
- Tides and Timing Social awarenessModeling tides; reading patterns in people and nature.
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