Students will use algebraic thinking, data analysis and the engineering design process to solve problems in real-world settings.

• In Amazon Mission, students help a native village surmount malaria, and confront the environmental hazards of gold-mining.
• Students will conduct mathematics investigations including
  • calculating and interpreting the slope of a line
  • graphing a compound inequality
  • producing and analyzing a line graph that relates two variables
  • distinguishing between independent and dependent variables
  • drawing a three-dimensional object and its net
  • finding the surface area of a three-dimensional object
  • writing a compound inequality statement
  • identifying and extending exponential patterns
  • calculating compound probabilities
• Science investigations include:
• conducting two controlled experiments
• collecting experimental data in a table
• graphing simulation data and describing trends
• using a computer model
• Building Math was developed through a partnership with the Boston Museum of Science and Tufts University, and successfully piloted in Boston-area schools.
• Each book includes a poster illustrating the engineering design process and a DVD with classroom implementation samples.
• Addresses Common Core State standards and ITEA standards for technological literacy
• Spiral-bound for easy reproducing and classroom use

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Also see the other books in this series and the collection:
Building Math for Common Core State Standards: Stranded
Building Math for Common Core State Standards: Everest Trek
Building Math for Common Core State Standards - 3 Book Set