ExploreLearning Gizmos: Math & Science Virtual Labs and Simulations

1: The learner will understand and compute with real numbers.

1.01: Develop number sense for the real numbers.

1.01.b: Compare and order.

Comparing and Ordering Decimals
Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Comparing and Ordering Integers
Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Ordering Percents, Fractions and Decimals
Ordering Percents, Fractions and Decimals Greater Than 1

2: The learner will understand and use measurement concepts.

2.01: Determine the effect on perimeter, area or volume when one or more dimensions of two- and three-dimensional figures are changed.

Area of Parallelograms - Activity A
Circle: Circumference and Area
Minimize Perimeter
Perimeter, Circumference, and Area - Activity B
Prisms and Cylinders - Activity A
Rectangle: Perimeter and Area

3: The learner will understand and use properties and relationships in geometry.

3.02: Apply geometric properties and relationships, including the Pythagorean theorem, to solve problems.

Geoboard: The Pythagorean Theorem
Pythagorean Theorem - Activity B

3.03: Identify, predict, and describe dilations in the coordinate plane.

Dilations

4: The learner will understand and use graphs and data analysis.

4.01: Collect, organize, analyze, and display data (including scatterplots) to solve problems.

Correlation
Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median)
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
Scatter Plots - Activity A
Solving Using Trend Lines

4.02: Approximate a line of best fit for a given scatterplot; explain the meaning of the line as it relates to the problem and make predictions.

Correlation
Lines of Best Fit Using Least Squares - Activity A

5: The learner will understand and use linear relations and functions.

5.01: Develop an understanding of function.

5.01.a: Translate among verbal, tabular, graphic, and algebraic representations of functions.

Introduction to Functions
Linear Functions
Using Tables, Rules and Graphs

5.01.b: Identify relations and functions as linear or nonlinear.

Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
Linear Functions

5.01.c: Find, identify, and interpret the slope (rate of change) and intercepts of a linear relation.

Direct Variation
Direct and Inverse Variation
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
Linear Functions
Modeling Linear Systems - Activity A
Point-Slope Form of a Line - Activity A
Slope-Intercept Form of a Line - Activity A
Using Tables, Rules and Graphs

5.01.d: Interpret and compare properties of linear functions from tables, graphs, or equations.

Function Machines 2 (Functions, Tables, and Graphs)
Linear Functions
Point-Slope Form of a Line - Activity A
Slope-Intercept Form of a Line - Activity A
Using Tables, Rules and Graphs

5.02: Write an equation of a linear relationship given: two points, the slope and one point on the line, or the slope and y-intercept.

Defining a Line with Two Points
Point-Slope Form of a Line - Activity A
Slope - Activity B
Slope-Intercept Form of a Line - Activity A
Using Tables, Rules and Graphs

5.03: Solve problems using linear equations and inequalities; justify symbolically and graphically.

Modeling and Solving Two-Step Equations
Solving Equations By Graphing Each Side
Solving Linear Inequalities using Addition and Subtraction
Solving Linear Inequalities using Multiplication and Division
Solving Two-Step Equations
Systems of Linear Inequalities (Slope-intercept form) - Activity A

5.04: Solve equations using the inverse relationships of addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, squares and square roots, and cubes and cube roots.

Function Machines 3 (Functions and Problem Solving)
Modeling One-Step Equations - Activity A
Modeling and Solving Two-Step Equations
Solving Two-Step Equations

Correlation last revised: 9/3/2015

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North Carolina- Mathematics: 8th Grade