Connected Mathematics

Grade Seven Contents — Activity Alignment

Each of the links below will take you to an activity to explore to learn about the underlined concept. On each activity you will see:

These buttons take you to more information about the activity. Be sure to press the What? button to find out about other activities that help with the same or similar concepts.

Variables and Patterns
- Investigation One: Variables and Coordinate Graphs
  - Variables, Plotting Data
- Investigation Two: Graphing Change
  - Graphing Change over Time, Analyzing Graphs
- Investigation Three: Analyzing Graphs and Tables
  - Analyzing Tables and Graphs, Making Graphs from Tables
- Investigation Four: Patterns and Rules
  - Equations, Writing Equations, Cost-Profit Relationships
- Investigation Five: Using a Graphing Calculator
  - Introduction to the Graphing Calculator
Stretching and Shrinking
- Investigation One: Enlarging Figures
  - Enlarging a Figure, Corresponding Parts
- Investigation Two: Similar Figures
  - Ordered Points, Similar Figures, Ratios
- Investigation Three: Patterns of Similar Figures
  - Similar Figures, Rep-tiles
- Investigation Four: Using Similarity
  - Scale Factors, Map Scales
- Investigation Five: Similar Triangles
  - Applications of Similar Triangles
- Investigation Six: Stretching and Shrinking with a Computer
  - Using the Turtle Math Program
Comparing and Scaling
- Investigation One: Making Comparsions
  - Ratios, Writing Ratios in Different Forms, Communicating Ratios
- Investigation Two: Comparing by Finding Percents
  - Using Ratios as Percents, Finding Ratios, Comparing Ratios
- Investigation Three: Comparing by Using Ratios
  - Part-to-Part Ratios, Part-to-Whole Ratios, Applications of Ratios, Equivalent Ratios
- Investigation Four: Comparing By Finding Rates
  - Rates, Unit Rates, Using Rates
- Investigation Five: Estimating Populations and Population Densities
  - Estimating Populations, Using Samples, Comparing Population Densities
- Investigation Six: Choosing Strategies
  - Using Rule of Thumb, Delegates, Proportions
Accentuate the Negative
- Investigation One: Extending the Number Line
  - Negative Numbers, Comparing Integers, Opposite Numbers, Distance Between Numbers
- Investigation Two: Adding Integers
  - Integers, Various Representations of Integers, Adding Integers
- Investigation Three: Subtracting Integers
  - Subtracting Integers, Absolute Value, Various Represetations of Subtracting Integers
- Investigation Four: Multiplying and Dividing Integers
  - Average Change, Multiplying Integers, Dividing Integers, Relating Multiplication and Division
- Investigation Five: Coordinate Grids
  - Coordinate Plane, Plotting in Four Quadrants, Equations, Using a Graphing Calculator
Moving Straight Ahead
- Investigation One: Predicting from Patterns
  - Making Graphs, Predicting Outcomes
- Investigation Two: Walking Rates
  - Functions, Graphing Functions, Writing Equations
- Investigation Three: Exploring Lines with a Graphing Calculator
  - Using a Graphing Calculator, Finding Solutions to a Line, Vocabulary with Lines
- Investigation Four: Solving Equations
  - Finding Solutions to Equations
- Investigation Five: Exploring Slope
  - Determing Slope
- Investigation Six: Writing an Equation for a Line
  - Finding the Equation for a Line
Filling and Wrapping
- Investigation One: Building Box
  - Cubes, Prisms, Flat Patterns of Cubes and Rectangular Prims
- Investigation Two: Designing Packages
  - Volume, Surface Area, Dimensions of Rectangular Prisms
- Investigation Three: Finding Volumes of Boxes
  - Constructing Prisms, Volume, Surface Area
- Investigation Four: Cylinders
  - Parts of a Cylinder, Flat Patterns of Cylinders, Volume and Surface Area of Cylinders
- Investigation Five: Cones and Spheres
  - Dimensions of Cones and Spheres, Relationships between Cylinders and Spheres and Cones
- Investigation Six: Scaling Boxes
  - Scale Factors, Similar Prisms
- Investigation Seven: Finding Volumes of Irregular Objects
  - Volumes of Irregular Objects
What Do You Expect?
- Investigation One: Evaluating Games of Chance
  - Experimental Probability, Theoretical Probability, Tree Diagrams
- Investigation Two: Analyzing Number-Cube Games
  - Experimental Probability, Theoretical Probability, Tree Diagrams, Fairness
- Investigation Three: Probability and Area
  - Randomness, Probability and Area
- Investigation Four: Analyzing Two-Stage Games
  - Analyzing Probability, Two Stage Probability
- Investigation Five: Expected Value
  - Expected Value
- Investigation Six: Carnival Games
  - Expected Value
- Investigation Seven: Analyzing Sequences of Outcomes
  - Applications of Probability
Data Around Us
- Investigation One: Interpreting Disaster Reports
  - Comparing Quantities
- Investigation Two: Measuring Oil Spills
  - Units of Measure, Large Numbers
- Investigation Three: Comparing Large Numbers
  - Comparing Large Numbers, Rounding
- Investigation Four: How Many Is a Million?
  - Scientific Notation
- Investigation Five: Every Litter Bit Hurts
  - Effects of Compounding
- Investigation Six: On an Average Day
  - Rates, Unit Rates