14. The student applies Grade 8 mathematics to solve
problems connected to everyday experiences, investigations in other disciplines, and activities in
and outside of school.
Activity: Learn about estimation through modeling of a forest fire. This activity allows the user to burn a virtual forest, then estimate the number, the percent, or the fraction of trees burned. Fire Assessment is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Activity: This applet allows the user to make observations about the relationship between speed and position and how both of these are affected by initial velocity and the incline on which the biker is traveling.