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South Carolina Academic Standards for Mathematics
8th Grade
Mathematical Processes
The student will understand and utilize the mathematical processes of problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, connections, and representation.

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Algorithm Discovery with Venn Diagrams

Students discover algorithms as they sort shapes into Venn diagrams. Then students compare the efficiency of their algorithms using box plots.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: algorithm, box and whisker, box plot, geometry, pattern, polygon, sets, venn diagram

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Fire Assessment

Learn about estimation through modeling of a forest fire. This activity allows the user to burn a virtual forest, then estimate the number, the percent, or the fraction of trees burned. Fire Assessment is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Modeling, Number and Operations, Probability

Related Topics: estimation, fractions, percentages, percents