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There's Gold in Them There Hills Lesson PlanThere's Gold in Them There Hills Lesson Plan
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There's Gold in Them There Hills

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Need to build a laser fence on Mars?  In this cute maximizing-area lesson, young explorers pretend to be prospectors on Mars and must determine the best way to use 20 meters of fencing in order to maximize their area. In addition, they are then given the restriction that the fence cannot be a square, but must be a non-square rectangle. 

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts

maximize area, quadratic applications

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math modeling, maximize area, quadratic model, vertex of a parabola, math
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Grade
8th - 11th
Subjects
Math
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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Common Core

HSA-CED.A.1 HSF-IF.C.7.a MP4

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