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		6th-7th Grade	7th-8th Grade
Home - Components - Software - Standards Scope + Sequence History + Development Press + Awards Contact Links + Resources MMAP/Pathways Curriculum Support Center	(learn more)	Dream Home Students design an ideal living space for themselves or a client.	Antarctica Project Students role-play architectural design consultants to scientists who plan to stay two years in Antarctica.
	EXTENSIONS & INVESTIGATIONS	Problems with Proportions	Direct and Inverse Variation Connecting to Algebra
	(learn more)	Guppies Students develop models based on the breeding habits of guppies to predict guppy populations in a tank environment.	Wolves and Caribou Students create and test models of two-species interactions to formulate policy recommendations on controversial wildlife management issues. Take a look at the accompanying online Casebook.
	EXTENSIONS & INVESTIGATIONS	From Patterns to Functions	Functions from Various Views
	(learn more)	Excursions Students create specialized maps which display a custom-designed route through San Francisco based on a particular client's needs.	Environmental Justice Students investigate patterns of air pollution in the Los Angeles area and analyze the social and demographic data for the residents of various neighborhoods.
	EXTENSIONS & INVESTIGATIONS	Displaying Data	Binomials and Trinomials
	(learn more)	Codes Inc., Privacy, Compression (Two units in one) 6th grade: Students analyze text to create good compression rules using a dictionary compression algorithm. 7th grade: Students role-play cryptographers, creating privacy codes to encode and decode messages to meet the needs of various high-tech clients.		Codes on the Internet Students role-play cryptographers, creating passphrases and privacy codes for electronic commerce.
	EXTENSIONS & INVESTIGATIONS	6th: Investigating Percents   7th: Equivalent Expressions 7th: Working with Positive and Negative Numbers		Coding with Number Theory
	(learn more)	Plan an Event Students plan for a real event--school-wide or class-wide--as an introduction to the design process and working in small groups.
	EXTENSIONS & INVESTIGATIONS	Displaying Data Binomials & Trinomials
	Other EXTENSIONS & INVESTIGATIONS	Functioning in the Real World Geometry in Quilting A Rational Expedition Mobile Math Probability Fractions 101	Number Systems Lottery Likelihood Pythagorean Theorem Prove It! Algebra Vocabulary Measurement Systems