Middle School Investigation Using NCTM Illuminations

NCTM Regional Conference 2013 Katie A. Hendrickson Athens Middle School/Ohio University katieahendrickson@gmail.com www.katieahendrickson.com

NCTM Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/

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Equations of Attack

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Building Height

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Who Lost More

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 Season 14, episode 2 Michael lost the most pounds, but Joe had the
greatest percent change.

I show the first few minutes of the episode, then

skip ahead to the weigh-in, about an hour into the episode.

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