Mathematics
Arithmetic Sequences and Linear Growth
Students find common differences, extend arithmetic sequences, use aₙ = a₁ + (n − 1)d, and model plant growth and savings with linear equations.
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Science
Deep Time: Scaling Earth’s History and Reading Rock Layers
Students shrink 4.6 billion years onto a 46-meter rope to see how recent humans are, then use a sample rock column to order layers and a fault by relative age.
Mathematics
Exponential Growth, Decay and Logarithms: Lab Data Case Study
Students use a bacteria-growth case study, a half-life problem and compound interest to practice exponential functions, then connect exponents and logarithms.
Science
Layers of the Earth: Journey to the Center
Students use a data table to learn the four layers of Earth, convert real distances to a paper scale model, and judge how far humans have drilled.
Mathematics
Mean, Median, Mode and Range: Reading Time Survey
Students build a frequency table from survey data and find the mean, median, mode and range of two data sets.
Mathematics
Mean, Median, Mode and Spread: Quiz Scores and Commute Times
Students compute mean, median, mode, range and standard deviation, then see how an outlier changes each measure.
English language arts
Opinion Paragraph: Make Your Reasons Count
Students label the parts of a model opinion paragraph, then plan and write their own on a school-life question with two reasons and examples.
English language arts
Setting and the Five Senses: The Laundromat at Closing Time
Students find sensory details in a model passage, rewrite bland sentences, and describe a school location using four or more senses.
Mathematics
Similar Figures and Scale
Students use proportions and scale factors to find missing lengths in similar figures, maps, models and shadow problems, and complete a table on how perimeter, area and volume scale.
Health & physical ed.
Six Steps for Tough Choices: A Decision-Making Model
Students learn a six-step decision-making model, match each step to its job, and apply it to a fictional student’s scheduling problem.
English language arts
Small Moment Story: Zoom In on Ten Seconds
Students study a short model story, plan a single small moment, and write a narrative paragraph that shows feelings through actions.
Business & personal finance
Startup on Paper: Plan a Dog-Walking Business
Students complete a one-page business canvas for a fictional dog-walking startup, calculate start-up costs and payback time, then sketch a plan for their own idea.