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Mathematical Questions to Ask in Human Body Connection
This worksheet describes components of the Human Body Connection exhibit that include math concepts, along with suggested questions you can ask students to bring out the mathematics. These questions have been mapped to the National Math Standards.
| Format | Field Trip Activity |
| Grades | Pre-K – Adult |
| Author | Museum of Science - Math Momentum team |
| Location | n/a |
| Website | n/a |
| Activity Material | math-hbc.pdf |
Mathematical Questions to Ask in Human Body Connection
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NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)
- Algebra > Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Algebra > Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Data Analysis and Probability > Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Algebra > Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Number and Operations > Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Number and Operations > Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Data Analysis and Probability > Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: K – 2)
- Data Analysis and Probability > Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Algebra > Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Number and Operations > Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Number and Operations > Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Number and Operations > Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Data Analysis and Probability > Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Algebra > Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: K – 2)
- Algebra > Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: K – 2)
- Algebra > Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Algebra > Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: K – 2)
- Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: K – 2)
- Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Algebra > Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)
- Algebra > Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)
- Algebra > Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)
- Algebra > Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Algebra > Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: 6 – 8)
References:
NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)
- Measurement > Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Measurement > Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement (Grade: 9 – 12)
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NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)
- Algebra > 3.1 Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Grade: 9 – 12)
identify essential quantitative relationships in a situation and determine the class or classes of functions that might model the relationships - Algebra > 4.1 Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: 9 – 12)
approximate and interpret rates of change from graphical and numerical data - Data Analysis and Probability > 3.1 Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data (Grade: 3 – 5)
propose and justify conclusions and predictions that are based on data and design studies to further investigate the conclusions or predictions - Algebra > 3.1 Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Grade: 6 – 8)
model and solve contextualized problems using various representations, such as graphs, tables, and equations - Number and Operations > 1.1 Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems (Grade: 3 – 5)
understand the place-value structure of the base-ten number system and be able to represent and compare whole numbers and decimals - Number and Operations > 3.1 Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates (Grade: 3 – 5)
develop fluency with basic number combinations for multiplication and division and use these combinations to mentally compute related problems, such as 3050 - Data Analysis and Probability > 1.1 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: K – 2)
pose questions and gather data about themselves and their surroundings - Data Analysis and Probability > 1.2 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: 3 – 5)
collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments - Algebra > 4.1 Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: 3 – 5)
investigate how a change in one variable relates to a change in a second variable - Number and Operations > 3.2 Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates (Grade: 3 – 5)
develop fluency in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers - Number and Operations > 3.3 Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates (Grade: 3 – 5)
develop and use strategies to estimate the results of whole-number computations and to judge the reasonableness of such results - Number and Operations > 1.1 Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems (Grade: 9 – 12)
develop a deeper understanding of very large and very small numbers and of various representations of them - Data Analysis and Probability > 1.1 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them (Grade: 6 – 8)
formulate questions, design studies, and collect data about a characteristic shared by two populations or different characteristics within one population - Algebra > 4.2 Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: K – 2)
describe quantitative change, such as a student's growing two inches in one year - Algebra > 4.1 Analyze change in various contexts (Grade: K – 2)
describe qualitative change, such as a student's growing taller - Algebra > 3.2 Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Grade: 9 – 12)
use symbolic expressions, including iterative and recursive forms, to represent relationships arising from various contexts - Algebra > 3.3 Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Grade: 9 – 12)
draw reasonable conclusions about a situation being modeled - Measurement > 2.3 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: K – 2)
use tools to measure - Measurement > 2.4 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: K – 2)
develop common referents for measures to make comparisons and estimates - Measurement > 2.3 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 3 – 5)
select and use benchmarks to estimate measurements - Measurement > 2.1 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 9 – 12)
analyze precision, accuracy, and approximate error in measurement situations - Measurement > 2.3 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 9 – 12)
apply informal concepts of successive approximation, upper and lower bounds, and limit in measurement situations - Algebra > 1.1 Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)
sort, classify, and order objects by size, number, and other properties - Algebra > 1.2 Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)
recognize, describe, and extend patterns such as sequences of sounds and shapes or simple numeric patterns and translate from one representation to another - Algebra > 1.3 Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: K – 2)
analyze how both repeating and growing patterns are generated - Algebra > 1.1 Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: 3 – 5)
describe, extend, and make generalizations about geometric and numeric patterns - Algebra > 1.3 Understand patterns, relations, and functions (Grade: 6 – 8)
identify functions as linear or nonlinear and contrast their properties from tables, graphs, or equations
References:
NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)
(National)
- Measurement > 2.2 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements (Grade: 3 – 5)
select and apply appropriate standard units and tools to measure length, area, volume, weight, time, temperature, and the size of angles - Measurement > 1.1 Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement (Grade: 9 – 12)
make decisions about units and scales that are appropriate for problem situations involving measurement
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