Essential Questions: What are the applications of the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse? What is the relationship among the lengths of the sides of a right triangle? What are the properties of special right triangles and how are these properties used? How can the Pythagorean Theorem be used to solve problems in life? Lesson Plans and Seeds Lesson Plan B.7: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem Lesson Seed B.7: Pythagorean Proof Download Seeds, Plans, and Resources (zip) Unit Overview Content Emphasis By Clusters in Grade 8 Progressions from Common Core State Standards in Mathematics Send Feedback to MSDE’s Mathematics Team
Lesson Plan B.7: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem
Lesson Seed B.7: Pythagorean Proof
Unit Overview
Content Emphasis By Clusters in Grade 8
Progressions from Common Core State Standards in Mathematics
Send Feedback to MSDE’s Mathematics Team
Lesson seeds are ideas that can be used to build a lesson aligned to the CCSS. Lesson seeds are not meant to be all-inclusive, nor are they substitutes for instruction. When developing lessons from these seeds, teachers must consider the needs of all learners. It is also important to build checkpoints into the lessons where appropriate formative assessment will inform a teachers instructional pacing and delivery.
According to the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), some clusters require greater emphasis than others. The table below shows PARCC’s relative emphasis for each cluster. Prioritization does not imply neglect or exclusion of material. Clear priorities are intended to ensure that the relative importance of content is properly attended to. Note that the prioritization is in terms of cluster headings.
The Number System
Expressions and Equations
Functions
Geometry
Statistics and Probability
