WHAT DOES A SINKING SHIP HAVE TO DO WITH MATH?
Lesson Plan
Grades 6, 7 | Common Core Mathematical Content Standards:
6.EE.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
6.EE.6 Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem, understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.
7.EE.4 Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities.
Using algebraic methods to solve video question number 4 and use of extension activities would allow the following high school standards to be included:
A.SSE Seeing Structure in Expressions | A.CED Creating Equations | Math Modeling