Accessible Algebra: 30 Modules to Promote Algebraic Reasoning, Grades 7-10 (Paperback)

Introduction; Expressions; 1: Order of Operations; 2: Writing Expressions from Tables; 3: Growing Patterns; 4: Taxes and Interest; 5: Venn Diagrams and Factor Lattices; 6: Area Expressions; 7: Multiplying Polynomials; 8: Powerful Integers; 9: Absolutely!; 10: Square Root Approximations; Equations; 11: Activity Centers; 12: Balance Beams; 13: Challenge and Intervention Centers; 14: Gauss and Figurate Numbers; 15. Equations in All Forms; 16: Linear Systems; 17: Systems; 18: Proportions on the Cartesian Coordinate Plane; 19: What Is the Better Buy?; 20: Walking Rates; 21: Absolute Value; 22: Nonlinear Explorations; Functions; 23: Functionally Speaking; 24: Number Patterns into Functions; 25: Function Translations; 26: Celsius to Fahrenheit and Back Again; 27: Absolute Value Functions; 28: Modeling Exponentially; 29: Falling to Pieces; 30: Why the Finite Differences Method Works