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Book 3 Contents — Activity Alignment

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1. Looking Behind the Numbers
   • Phase One: Statistical Measures
     • Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Pie Chart, Stem and Leaf Plots
   • Phase Two: Data, Scatter Plots, and Correlations
     • Stem and Leaf Plots, Scatter Plots, Correlation, Line of Best Fit
   • Phase Three: Probability, Combinations and Permutations
     • Experimental Probability, Theoretical Probability, Tree Diagrams, Combinations, Permutations
   • Phase Four: Probability and Sampling
     • Experimental Probability, Theoretical Probability, Chance, Samples
2. Mathematics of Motion
   • Phase One: Measuring, Estimating, and Representing Motion
     • Estimation, Distance Equation,
   • Phase Two: Distance-Time Graphs
     • Distance-Time Graphs, Coordinate Plane, Picture Graphs
   • Phase Three: Using Graphs to Solve Problems
     • Average Speed, Speed-Time Graphs
3. Shapes and Space
   • Phase One: The Ins and Outs of Cubes
     • Properities of Cubes, Cross Sections, Surface Area, Volume
   • Phase Two: Prisms and Cylinders
     • Surface Area and Volume of Prisms, Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders
   • Phase Three: Solids with Points
     • Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids, Conic Sections, Area and Volume Units
4. What Comes Next?
   • Phase One: Exploring Growth Sequences
     • Forecasting, Growth by Multiplication and Addition, Spirals, Growth Models
   • Phase Two: Representing Growth Sequences
     • Sequences, Growth Models, Scatter Plots
   • Phase Three: Modeling with Growth Sequences
     • Sequences, Predicting Growth, Percents
5. Exploring the Unknown
   • Phase One: Working With Expressionns
     • Expressions, Evaluating Expressions, Multiplying Expressions, Simplifying Expressions
   • Phase Two: Minuses and Parentheses
     • Addition and Subtracting of Integers, Simplifying Polynomials, Distributive Property
   • Phase Three: Solving Equations
     • Adding and Subtracting Polynominals, Solving Linear Equations, Word Problems
6. Roads and Ramps
   • Phase One: Slope as an Angle
     • Slope as an Angle, Scale Drawing, Angle of Elevation
   • Phase Two: Right-Triangle Relationships
     • Properities of Right Triangles, Pythagorean Theorem
   • Phase Three: Slope as a Ratio
     • Slope as a Ratio, Percent Grades
   • Phase Four: Road Design
     • Tangent Ratio, Percent Grade
7. Family Portraits
   • Phase One: Direct and Inverse Variation
     • Functions, Equations, Direct Variation, Inverse Variation
   • Phase Two: Linear Functions
     • Slope, y-intercept, Equation of a Line
   • Phase Three: Quadratic Functions
     • Quadratic Functions, Parabolas, Line of Symmetry, Word Problems
   • Phase Four: Exponential Functions
     • Exponents, Laws of Exponents, Scientific Notation, Exponential Functions