Essential Questions & Enduring Understandings
- Patterns are important in Aboriginal technology, architecture, and artwork.
- Aboriginal peoples used specific estimating and measuring techniques in daily life.
- Specific exchange items in traditional Aboriginal cultures had specific values.
- What strategy would make this(a given situation) as easy as possible?
- What else could I try?
- How are cycles mathematical?
- Who funded this study? (What are their ulterior motives?)
- What are my beliefs about my ability as a math student?
- What makes someone a good group member or a bad group member?
- What can we do to make the group run more smoothly?
- How is this similar to other things I know?
- What kind of function could model a given pattern?
- How can I write math so anyone, anywhere in the world, can understand what I mean?
- How do you weigh evidence to determine the validity of someone else’s argument?
- What are the requirements needed to prove something to be true?
- How are shapes and geometric patterns used in human culture to represent ideas?
- How do we use math to model real life situations?
- In what ways is stick-to-it-ness (perseverance) more important than “book-smarts”?
- What strategy will work best for you to solve the problem?
- When faced with an algebraic equation you don’t recognize, where do you start?
- Where did you use math in your life today?
- How can we solve problems by looking at patterns / relationships with graphs, tables and equations?
- How can I persevere in solving problems when I want to give up or feel like I’m not good at math?
- How can I demonstrate my learning and justify my position using mathematical language, diagrams and equations?
- How can I use what I have learned to make sense of a problem and persevere in solving that problem?
- Am I aware at all times of my glows(strengths) and grows(areas of focus)?
- How can I persevere in mathematics and beyond?
- How can I find real solutions to real everyday problems?
- How can I collect data to understand a specific situation.
- How can I write expressions and equations to correspond to a given situation?
- How can I use these operations to solve problems?
Resources:
These resources are primarily for Grades 6-12. If you are looking for Elementary resources, please visit the Elementary page.
Videos
Stephanie Hinson and Paula Maxmin (Math Educators)
School UbDs + Curricula:
Grade 06
UbD Unit: Integrated Science/Math
• MONTANA
• Montana Office of Public Instruction
Grade 06
UbD Yearlong: Math
• NACA
Grade 07
UbD Yearlong: Math
• NACA
Grade 08
UbD Yearlong: Math
• NACA
Grade 09
UbD Unit 1: Math
• NACA
Grade 09
UbD Unit: Math
• MONTANA
• Montana Office of Public Instruction
Grade 09
UbD Unit: Math
• MONTANA
• Montana Office of Public Instruction
Grade 09
UbD Yearlong: Math
• NACA
Grade 10
UbD Unit: Math
• MONTANA
• Montana Office of Public Instruction
Grade 10
UbD Unit: Trigonometry
• MONTANA
• Montana Office of Public Instruction
Grade 11
UbD Yearlong: Math
• NACA