Structure and Precision
Year-long
Structure and Precision provides rigorous and engaging learning experiences that will challenge and inspire students to reach new heights of mathematical understanding. Throughout the year, students will focus on understanding and applying proportional relationships, which is essential for success in future math and science courses. Students start by studying scale drawings, a foundational skill that sets up the introduction of proportional relationships. Through this work, students will gain a deep understanding of the relationships between objects in space and how they can be represented mathematically. They will apply this knowledge to understand the circumference and area of circles and to solve problems involving fractional quantities and percent change. Building on the skills they developed in Beyond Numeracy, students will extend their understanding of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing positive and negative numbers, which leads to work on expressions, equations, and inequalities. As the year progresses, students will also explore geometry, probability, and statistics. They will study angles, triangles, and prisms, developing a keen eye for spatial relationships and patterns. They will also learn about probability and sampling, which as they will learn are essential skills for analyzing data and making informed decisions in a wide range of fields. With a focus on critical thinking, problem-solving, and real-world applications, Structure and Precision will give students the tools they need to thrive in challenging math courses in the future.
Prerequisite: 6th Grade Math/IM2
Grade level: 7
Credit earned: 1.0 MS Mathematics