In this unit, students explore algebra as a system of concepts used to represent relationships. They learn to express these relationships using words, equations, tables, and graphs. By exploring world records, some of the most astonishing feats ever achieved, they see algebra in action and even start imagining their own record-breaking possibilities. They also learn about algebra as a style of mathematical thinking for formalizing patterns of change. They extend their notion of variable from a letter in an equation that represents a number to a broader definition, that of a qu
OpenSciEd Middle School science program addresses all middle school NGSS standards. This comprehensive science curriculum empowers students to question, design, investigate, and solve the world around them.
Littered with symbols and problem-solving, Fever 1793 takes place in Philadelphia during the summer of 1793. Mattie Cook lived above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spent her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. Then the fever breaks out! Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie’s world upside down. At her feverish mother’s insistence, Mattie