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ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM AT ISB
Geometry • What is area and how can I find it? • What is volume (V) and how can I measure it? • What is a net? • What is a face? • What is a vertex? • What is surface area? • How can I find the surface area of a solid? • What is absolute value?
Statistics and Probability • What is statistical variability? • What is the mean, median and mode for a given data set? • How can I measure a data set? • What is range? • How can data be plotted? • What is a dot plot? • What is a histogram?
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Students who demonstrate readiness will also address the following concepts from the grade 7 math standards
Assessment Strands: Essential Questions:
Number System • What types of numbers are rational numbers? • What is the absolute value of a number? • What are the properties of operations? • How can a rational number be converted to a decimal?
Geometry • What is the area and circumference of a circle? • What is the surface area and volume of a solid?
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
• What is a ratio? • What is a unit rate? • What are equivalent ratios? • What is a proportion? • How can proportions be used to solve for unknowns? • What is the percent equation? • How are fractions, decimals, and percents related? • How can I mathematically describe discounts, interest, taxes, tips, and percent increase or decrease? Number System • What types of numbers are rational numbers? • What is the absolute value of a number? • What are the properties of operations? • When can 2 integers not be divided? • How can a rational number be converted to a decimal? Expressions and Equations • What are variables, expressions, terms, and coefficients? • What are like terms? • What is an equation? • What is an inequality? • How can you solve equations and inequalities algebraically? Geometry • What is a polygon? • What is the sum of the angles of a triangle? • What is the sum of the angles of a quadrilateral? • What types of angles are formed by intersecting lines? • What is the area and perimeter of a polygon and how are they calculated? • What is the area and circumference of a circle? • What is the 2 dimensional cross section or slice of a solid? • What is the surface area and volume of a solid? Statistics and Probability • What is the difference between theoretical and experimental probability? • What is the difference between independent and dependent events? • What is a simulation? • What is the difference between random and representative sampling? • What are the measures of central tendency? • What are measures of variation? • What is a box and whisker plot? • What is the mean standard deviation? • What is the counting principle?
