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RATIO & PROPORTION
Don’t Break My Stride
Unit Rates
CC SMC 7.RP.1
Solving Problems
Using Structure
CC SMP 1, 7
NUMBER SYSTEMS
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Mixed Operations with Signed Numbers
CC SMC 7.NS.3
Solving Problems
Reasoning Quantitatively
CC SMP 1, 2
EXPRESSIONS & EQUATIONS
Piggy Banks
Writing Expressions and Applying Properties of Operations of Integers
CC SMC 7.EE.1-2
Modeling
Seeing Structure
CC SMP 4, 7
Hippity Hoppity
Writing and Solving Equations (1-, 2-, and Multi-Step)
CC SMC 7.EE.4
Solving
Modeling
Precision
CC SMP 1, 4, 6
GEOMETRY
Slice of Pi
Circumference of Circles
CC SMC 7.G.4
Tools
Precision
Patterns
CC SMP 5, 6, 8
Swimming Pool
Surface Area and Volume of Prisms
CC SMC 7.G.6
Solving
Modeling
Attending to Precision
CC SMP 1, 4, 6
STATISTICS
Cool Shoes 1-Var
Comparison of Population Displays
CC SMC 7.SP.3 & 4
Reasoning Quantitatively
Making Conjectures
CC SMP 2, 3
The Math Projects Journal 
Seems like the “Wallflowers” activity could benefit from a language tweak so that it’s not about pairing girls and boys — reinforcing centuries of heteronormativity and giving any students who aren’t interested in the opposite sex one more reason to feel ostracized.
Andrew, I addressed your concerns with a gay student of mine. He understands that the vast majority of the students at a school dance will be heterosexually paired, so this lesson would not be an issue for him.
I don’t know if using your student as a representative of the entire LGBTQ community is either fair to him or an indicator of anyone else’s feelings…
Agreed. Until those tweaks are done, the lesson has been taken down. Thank you for the dialogue on this.
You’ve given me something to think about. The lesson is twenty years old, so a “tweak.” may be good. Suggestions are welcome.