Big Ideas
Grade 6
Chapter 2: Fractions and Decimals
| Big Ideas | Desmos Classroom |
| Lesson 2: Dividing Fractions | Unit 4 Lesson 3: Flour Planner |
| Lesson 4: Adding and Subtracting Decimals | Unit 5 Lesson 1: Dishing Out Decimals Lesson 2: Decimal Diagrams and Algorithms |
| Lesson 5: Multiplying Decimals | Unit 5 Lesson 1: Dishing Out Decimals |
| Lesson 6: Dividing Whole Numbers | Unit 5 Lesson 13: Movie Time |
| Lesson 7: Dividing Decimals | Unit 5 Lesson 13: Movie Time |
Chapter 3: Ratios and Rates
| Lesson 1: Ratios | Unit 2 Lesson 1: Pizza Maker Lesson 4: Fruit Lab Lesson 8: Products and Sums Take Away (coming soon!) |
| Lesson 3: Using Ratio Tables | Unit 2 Lesson 10: Disaster Preparation |
| Lesson 4: Graphing Ratio Relationships | Unit 2 Lesson 10: Disaster Preparation |
| Lesson 5: Rates and Unit Rates | Unit 3 Lesson 6: Soft Serve |
| Lesson 6: Converting Measures | Unit 3 Lesson 1: Many Measurements |
Chapter 4: Percents
| Lesson 1: Percent and Fractions | Unit 3 Lesson 9: Lucky Duckies |
| Lesson 2: Percent and Decimals | Unit 5 Lesson 2: Decimal Diagrams and Algorithms |
Chapter 5: Algebraic Expressions and Properties
| Lesson 2: Writing Expressions | Unit 6 Lesson 8: Products and Sums Take Away (coming soon!) |
| Lesson 3: Properties of Addition and Multiplication | Unit 6 Lesson 8: Products and Sums Take Away (coming soon!) |
| Lesson 4: The Distributive Property | Unit 6 Lesson 8: Products and Sums Take Away (coming soon!) |
Chapter 6: Equations
| Lesson 1: Writing Equations in One Variable | Unit 6 Lesson 1: Weight for It |
Chapter 7: Area, Surface Area, and Volume
| Lesson 1: Areas of Parallelograms | Unit 1 Lesson 3: Exploring Parallelograms Exploring Parallelograms, Part 2 |
| Lesson 5: Surface Area of prisms | Unit 1 Lesson 10: Renata’s Stickers |
Chapter 8: Integers, Number Lines, and the Coordinate Plane
| Lesson 1: Integers | Unit 7 Lesson 1: Can You Dig It? |
| Lesson 2: Comparing and Ordering Integers | Unit 7 Lesson 4: Order in the Class |
| Lesson 3: Rational Numbers | Unit 7 Lesson 4: Order in the Class |
| Lesson 7: Writing and Graphing Inequalities | Unit 7 Lesson 7: Tunnel Travels |
Chapter 9: Statistical Measures
| Lesson 1: Introduction to Statistics | Unit 8 Lesson 3: Minimum Wage |
| Lesson 2: Mean | Unit 8 Lesson 11: Toy Cars |
| Lesson 3: Measures of Center | Unit 8 Lesson 11: Toy Cars |
| Lesson 4: Measures of Variation | Unit 8 Lesson 11: Toy Cars |
Chapter 10: Data Displays
| Lesson 2: Histograms | Unit 8 Lesson 5: The Plot Thickens |
| Lesson 4: Choosing Appropriate Measures | Unit 8 Lesson 3: Minimum Wage Lesson 11: Toy Cars |
Grade 7
Chapter 1: Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
| Big Ideas | Desmos Classroom |
| Lesson 1: Rational Numbers | Unit 5 Lesson 1: Floats and Anchors |
| Lesson 2: Adding Integers Lesson 4: Subtracting Integers | Unit 5 Lesson 4: Draw Your Own Lesson 10: Integer Puzzles |
| Lesson 3: Adding Rational Numbers Lesson 5: Subtracting Rational Numbers | Unit 5 Lesson 4: Draw Your Own Lesson 10: Integer Puzzles |
Chapter 2: Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers
| Lesson 1: Multiplying Integers | Unit 5 Lesson 10: Integer Puzzles |
Chapter 3: Expressions
| Lesson 1: Algebraic Expressions | Unit 6 Lesson 10: Collect the Squares |
| Lesson 2: Adding and Subtracting Linear Expressions | Unit 6 Lesson 10: Collect the Squares |
| Lesson 3: The Distributive Property | Unit 6 Lesson 10: Collect the Squares |
Chapter 4: Equations and Inequalities
| Lesson 1: Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction Lesson 2: Solving Equations Using Multiplication or Division | Unit 6 Lesson 16: Shira the Sheep |
| Lesson 4: Writing and Graphing Inequalities | Unit 6 Lesson 16: Shira the Sheep |
| Lesson 5: Solving Inequalities Using Addition or Subtraction Lesson 6: Solving Inequalities Using Multiplication or Division | Unit 6 Lesson 16: Shira the Sheep |
| Lesson 7: Solving Two-Step Inequalities | Unit 6 Lesson 16: Shira the Sheep |
Chapter 5: Ratios and Proportions
| Lesson 1: Ratio and Ratio Tables | Unit 2 Lesson 1: Paint |
| Lesson 3: Identifying Proportional Relationships | Unit 2 Lesson 6: Two and Two Lesson 3: Measuring Around |
| Lesson 5: Graphs of Proportional Relationships | Unit 2 Lesson 8: Dino Pops |
Chapter 6: Percents
| Lesson 1: Fraction, Decimals, and Percents | Unit 4 Lesson 1: Mosaics |
| Lesson 4: Percents of Increase and Decrease | Unit 4 Lesson 5: Percent Machines Lesson 12: Posing Percent Problems (coming soon!) |
| Lesson 5: Discounts and Markups | Unit 4 Lesson 5: Percent Machines Lesson 12: Posing Percent Problems (coming soon!) |
Chapter 7: Probability
| Lesson 1: Probability | Unit 8 Lesson 1: How Likely? Lesson 2: Prob-bear-bilities |
Chapter 8: Statistics
| Lesson 1: Samples and Populations | Unit 8 Lesson 10: Crab Island |
| Lesson 2: Using Random Samples to Describe populations | Unit 8 Lesson 10: Crab Island |
| Lesson 3: Comparing Populations Lesson 4: Using Random Samples to Compare Populations | Unit 8 Lesson 10: Crab Island |
Chapter 9: Geometric Shapes and Angles
| Lesson 1: Circle and Circumference | Unit 3 Lesson 3: Measuring Around |
| Lesson 2: Areas of Circles | Unit 3 Lesson 9: Area Challenges |
| Lesson 5: Finding Unknown Angle Measures | Unit 7 Lesson 4: Missing Measures |
Grade 8
Chapter 1: Equations
| Big ideas | Desmos Classroom |
| Lesson 2: Solving Multi-Step Equations | Unit 4 Lesson 5: Equation Roundtable |
| Lesson 3: Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides | Unit 4 Lesson 5: Equation Roundtable |
Chapter 2: Transformations
| Lesson 1: Translations | Unit 1 Lesson 1: Transformers Lesson 2: Spinning, Flipping, Sliding Lesson 4: Moving Day |
| Lesson 2: Reflections | Unit 1 Lesson 1: Transformers Lesson 2: Spinning, Flipping, Sliding Lesson 4: Moving Day |
| Lesson 3: Rotations | Unit 1 Lesson 1: Transformers Lesson 2: Spinning, Flipping, Sliding Lesson 4: Moving Day Lesson 13: Tessellate |
| Lesson 5: Dilations | Unit 2 Lesson 1: Sketchy Dilations Lesson 2: Dilation Mini Golf |
| Lesson 6: Similar Figures | Unit 2 Lesson 6: Social Scavenger Hunt |
Chapter 3: Angles and Triangles
| Lesson 2: Angles and Triangles | Unit 1 Lesson 12: Puzzling It Out |
| Lesson 4: Using Similar Triangles | Unit 2 Lesson 1: Sketchy Dilations Lesson 2: Dilation Mini Golf |
Chapter 4: Graphing and Writing Linear Equations
| Lesson 1: Graphing Linear Equations | Unit 3 Lesson 4: Flags |
| Lesson 2: Slope of a Line | Unit 3 Lesson 4: Flags |
| Lesson 3: Graphing Proportional Relationships | Unit 3 Lesson 1: Turtle Time Trials |
| Lesson 4: Graphing Linear Equations in Slope-Intercept Form | Unit 3 Lesson 4: Flags |
Chapter 5: Systems of Linear Equations
| Lesson 1: Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing | Unit 4 Lesson 11: Make Them Balance Lesson 12: Line Zapper |
Chapter 6: Data Analysis and Displays
| Lesson 1: Scatter Plots | Unit 6 Lesson 3: Robots |
| Lesson 2: Lines of Fit | Unit 6 Lesson 4: Dapper Cats |
| Lesson 3: Two-Way Tables | Unit 6 Lesson 11: Finding Associations |
Chapter 7: Functions
| Lesson 1: Relations and Functions | Unit 5 Lesson 1: Turtle Crossing Lesson 2: Guess My Rule |
| Lesson 2: Representations of Functions | Unit 5 Lesson 5: The Tortoise and the Hare |
Chapter 8: Exponents and Scientific Notation
| Lesson 1: Exponents | Unit 7 Lesson 3: Power Pairs |
| Lesson 2: Products of Powers Property | Unit 7 Lesson 3: Power Pairs |
| Lesson 6: Scientific Notation Lesson 7: Operations in Scientific Notation | Unit 7 Lesson 9: Specific and Scientific Lesson 11: Balance the Scale |
Chapter 9: Real Numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem
| Lesson 1: Finding Square Roots | Unit 8 Lesson 4: Root Down |
| Lesson 3: Finding Cube Roots | Unit 8 Lesson 4: Root Down |
Chapter 10: Volume and Similar Solids
| Lesson 1: Volumes of Cylinders | Unit 5 Lesson 11: Cylinders |
| Lesson 2: Volumes of Cones | Unit 5 Lesson 13: Cones |