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Each Citizen Math lesson is designed to be taught over two days and fits seamlessly into your core curriculum

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H2GO

What’s the best size for a disposable water bottle?

Grade 8
Cones, Cylinders, Spheres
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Ad Vantage

How much of what we see is advertising?

Grade 6
Area/SA/Volume
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

About Time

How has the pace of innovation changed over human history?

Grade 7
Rational Numbers
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Downside Up

Is there an upside to having a bad day?

Grade 6
Positive & Negative Integers
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

Text Me Later

How dangerous is distracted driving?

Grade 7
Ratios & Proportions
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Seeking Shelter

What factors affect homelessness in a city?

Grade 8
Writing Linear Equations
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Tip Jar

What’s the fairest way to tip at a restaurant?

Grade 6
Percents
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

You're So Fined

How do municipal fines affect people with different incomes?

Grade 8
Solving Linear Systems
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

Pair-Alysis

How many options are too many options?

Grade 7
Probability & Statistics
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Safely Rest

What should Arlington National Cemetery do about space?

Grade 8
Solving Linear Equations
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Weight a Minute (Updated!)

How realistic are extreme weight-loss competitions?

Grade 8
Functions
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Wealth of Nations

What does an ideal wealth distribution look like?

Grade 6
Data & Distributions
This complex task is best as a culminating unit activity after students have developed formal knowledge and conceptual understanding.

Pizza Pi

Which pizza size is the best deal?

Grade 7
Measuring Circles
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

How long does it take to donate hair?

Grade 7
Equations & Expressions
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Payday

How much do different professions earn?

Grade 6
Ratios & Unit Rates
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.