Visualizing Math with Vaquitas

You can't really visualize a vaquita without actually seeing a picture of it. The vaquita is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Averaging 150 cm or 140 cm in length, it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. Let's visualize math through word problems with some vaquitas!
 
Through in-class activities and independent practice, students will review:
Visually locating intercepts and intersections of linear functions by scaling the Cartesian coordinate plane
Visually locating intercepts and extrema of non-linear functions by scaling the Cartesian coordinate plane
Factoring and expanding quadratic expressions by representing them with arrays and combining like terms
Factoring and expanding quadratic expressions with a leading coefficient by representing them with arrays and combining like terms
Expressing very large and very small numbers using both decimal and scientific notation
Simplifying and evaluating variable expressions involving exponents
 
Day and Time: Wednesdays, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
Class Duration: 4 Weeks
Dates: January 8 - 29, 2025
Recommended for: Ages 13+ / Grades 8-9
Teacher: TTK Faculty
Required Materials: 
DreamBox math app*
 
*There is an additional $45 charge for DreamBox, which is a one-time purchase for the entire school year. Here at The Thinking Kid, we utilize the DreamBox Math App to enable our students to practice math skills outside of the classroom. DreamBox engages students through math games to test their proficiency in math concepts discussed in class. DreamBox access is essential to student success in our math program. If you have previously purchased DreamBox, please contact us at miriam@thethinkingkid.org