Emphasis: Algebra Creator: Ashley Tewes Twitter: @ashleyanntewes Students create a program that will find on what day receiving double the previous day’s amount of pennies everyday, starting with one penny, will exceed one million dollars. View Lesson Here
Emphasis: Algebra Creator: Andrew Stadel & Ashley Tewes Twitter: @mr_stadel @ashleyanntewes Based on Andrew Stadel Stacking Cups Lesson. Students will model two different types of cups being stacked based on their heights. They will use the model to find when the two cups will reach the same height. View Lesson Here
Emphasis: Financial Literacy Creator: Mike Larson Twitter: @boundsofoutmath Understand how marginal tax rates are calculated using bracket ranges with increasing percentages. Create a functional program to calculate someone’s 2018 Federal Tax Total and “average” tax as a percentage of your overall income View Lesson Here
Emphasis: Exponential Growth and Decay Creator: Mike Larson Twitter: @boundsofoutmath Students will understand the power of exponential growth and be able to write programs that allow them to solve problems related to arithmetic and geometric sequences including the Legend of the Chessboard story. View Lesson Here
Emphasis: Algebra Creator: Mike Larson Twitter: @boundsofoutmath To see the math behind gravity and be able to accurately model it using algebraic variables in Scratch. Students should be able to explain the connection between quadratics and the rate of change in a falling object. View Lesson Here
Emphasis: Geometry and Measurement Creator: Will Abbott Twitter: @MrAbbottMath Have you ever played the game Geoguessr? Google Earth drops you in a random location on Earth and your goal is to guess where you are. The program then tells you how close/far you are from the destination. Geoguessr simulates this by using…