Illustrative Mathematics

Grade 6

Unit 1: Area and Surface Area

Illustrative Mathematics Desmos Classroom
Topic A: Reasoning to Find Area
 
Lesson 1: Tiling the Plane
Unit 1
Lesson 1: Shapes on a Plane
Lesson 4: Parallelograms
Lesson 5: Bases and Heights of Parallelograms
Lesson 6: Area of Parallelograms
Unit 1
Lesson 3: Exploring Parallelograms
Topic 3: Triangles
 
Lesson 7: From Parallelograms to Triangles
Unit 1
Lesson 3: Exploring Parallelograms
Topic 5: Surface Area
 
Lesson 12: What is Surface Area?
Unit 1
Lesson 10: Renata's Stickers

Unit 2: Introducing Ratios

Topic 1: Introducing Ratios
 
Lesson 1: Introducing Ratios and Ratio Language
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Pizza Maker
Lesson 2: Representing Ratios with Diagrams
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Pizza Maker
Topic 2: Equivalent Ratios
 
Lesson 3: Recipes
Unit 2
Lesson 4: Fruit Lab
Lesson 5: Defining Equivalent Ratios
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Pizza Maker
Topic 4: Solving Ratio and Rate Problems
 
Lesson 11: Representing Ratios with Tables
Unit 2
Lesson 10: Disaster Preparation

Unit 3: Rates and Percentages

Topic 2: Unit Conversion
 
Lesson 2: Anchoring Units of Measurement
Unit 3
Lesson 1: Many Measurements
Topic 3: Rates
 
Lesson 5: Comparing Speeds and Prices
Unit 3
Lesson 6: Soft Serve
Lesson 6: Interpreting Rates
Lesson 7: Equivalent Ratios Have the Same Unit Rates
Unit 3
Lesson 6: Soft Serve
Topic 4: Percentages
 
Lesson 10: What Are percentages
Unit 3
Lesson 9: Lucky Duckies
Lesson 13: Benchmark percentages
Unit 3
Lesson 9: Lucky Duckies
Topic 5: Let’s Put It to Work
 
Lesson 7: Equivalent Ratios Have the Same Unit Rates
Unit 3
Lesson 6: Soft Serve

Unit 4: Dividing Fractions

Topic 2: Meanings of Fraction Division
 
Lesson 4: How Many Groups (Part 1)
Unit 4
Lesson 3: Flour Planner
 
Lesson 6: Using Diagrams to Find the Number of Groups
Unit 4
Lesson 6: Fill the Gap

Unit 5: Arithmetic in Base Ten

Topic 1: Warming Up to Decimals
 
Lesson 1: Using Decimals in a Shopping Context
Unit 5
Lesson 1: Dishing Out Decimals
Topic 5: Let’s Put It to Work
 
Lesson 14: Using Operations on Decimals to Solve Problems
Unit 5
Lesson 13: Movie Time

Unit 6: Expressions and Equations

Topic 1: Equations in One Variable
 
Lesson 1: Tape Diagrams and Equations
Lesson 2: Truth and Equations
Unit 6
Lesson 1: Weight for It
Lesson 3: Staying in Balance
Unit 6
Lesson 1: Weight for It
Topic 2: Equal and Equivalent
 
Lesson 8: Equal and Equivalent
Unit 6
Lesson 1: Weight for It
Topic 9: The Distributive Property, Part 1
Unit 6
Lesson 8: Products and Sums
Take Away (coming soon!)
Lesson 10: The Distributive Property, Part 2
Lesson 11: The Distributive Property, Part 3
Unit 6
Lesson 8: Products and Sums
Take Away (coming soon!)
Topic 5: Let’s Put It to Work
 
Lesson 19: Tables, Equations, and Graphs, Oh My!
Unit 6
Lesson 16: Subway Fares
Take Away (coming soon!)

Unit 7: Rational Numbers

Topic 1: Positive and Negative Numbers
 
Lesson 1: Positive and Negative Numbers
Unit 7
Lesson 1: Can You Dig It?
Lesson 3: Comparing Positive and Negative Numbers
Lesson 4: Ordering Rational Numbers
Unit 7
Lesson 4: Order in the Class
Topic 2: Inequalities
 
Lesson 9: Solutions of Inequalities
Lesson 10: Interpreting Inequalities
Unit 7
Lesson 7: Tunnel Travels
Topic 3: The Coordinate Plane
 
Lesson 15: Shapes on the Coordinate Plane
Unit 1
Lesson 1: Shapes on a Plane

Unit 8: Data Sets and Distributions

Topic 2: Dot Plots and Distributions
 
Lesson 3: Representing Data Graphically
Lesson 4: Dot Plots
Lesson 5: Using Dot Plots to Answer Statistical Questions
Unit 8
Lesson 3: Minimum Wage
Lesson 6: Interpreting Histograms
Lesson 7: Using Histograms to Answer Statistical Questions
Lesson 8: Describing Distributions on Histograms
Unit 8
Lesson 5: The Plot Thickens
Topic 4: Median and IQR
 
Lesson 13: Median
Unit 8
Lesson 11: Toy Cars

Grade 7

Unit 1: Scale Drawings

Illustrative Mathematics Desmos Classroom
Topic 1: Scaled Copies
 
Lesson 1: What are Scaled Copies?
Unit 1
Lesson 1: Scaling Machines
Topic 2: Scale Drawings
 
Lesson 7: Scale Drawings
Unit 1
Lesson 7: Will It Fit?

Unit 2: Introducing Proportional Relationships

Topic 1: Representing Proportional Relationships with Tables
 
Lesson 1: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Paint
 
Topic 2: Representing Proportional Relationships with Equations
 
Lesson 4: Proportional Relationships with Equations
Unit 2
Lesson 6: Two and Two
Lesson 5: Two Equations for Each Relationship
Lesson 6: Using Equations to Solve Problems
Unit 2
Lesson 6: Two and Two
Topic 3: Comparing Proportional and Nonproportional Relationships
 
Lesson 8: Comparing Relationships with Equations
Unit 2
Lesson 6: Two and Two
Topic 4: Representing Proportional Relationships with Graphs
 
Lesson 10: Introducing Graphs of Proportional Relationships
Lesson 11: Interpreting Graphs of Proportional Relationships
Lesson 12: Using Graphs to Compare Relationships
Lesson 13: Two Graphs for Each Relationship
Unit 2
Lesson 8: Dino Pops

Unit 3: Measuring Circles

Topic 1: Circumference of a Circle
 
Lesson 1: How Well Can You Measure?
Unit 3
Lesson 8: Toothpicks (coming soon!)
Lesson 2: Exploring Circles
Lesson 3: Exploring Circumference
Lesson 4: Applying Circumference
Unit 3
Lesson 3: Measuring Around
Take Away (coming soon!)
Topic 2: Area of a Circle
 
Lesson 7: Exploring the Area of a Circle
Lesson 8: Relating Area to Circumference
Unit 3
Lesson 9: Area Challenges
Take Away (coming soon!)

Unit 4: Proportional Relationships and Percentages

Topic 1: Proportional Relationships with Fractions
 
Lesson 1: Lots of Flags
Lesson 2: Ratios and Rates with Fractions
Lesson 3: Revisiting Proportional Relationships
Lesson 4: Half as Much Again
Unit 4
Lesson 1: Mosaics
Topic 2: Percent Increase and Decrease
 
Lesson 6: Increasing and Decreasing
Unit 4
Lesson 5: Percent Machines
Lesson 12: Posing Percent Problems (coming soon!)
Topic 3: Applying Percentages
 
Lesson 10: Tax and Tip
Lesson 11: Percentage Contexts
Unit 4
Lesson 12: Posing Percent Problems (coming soon!)
Topic 4: Let’s Put It to Work
 
Lesson 16: Posing Percent Problems
Unit 4
Lesson 12: Posing Percent Problems (coming soon!)

Unit 5: Rational Number Arithmetic

Topic 1: Interpreting Negative Numbers
 
Lesson 1: Interpreting Negative Numbers
Unit 5
Lesson 1: Floats and Anchors
Topic 2: Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
 
Lesson 2: Changing Temperatures
Lesson 3: Changing Elevation
Unit 5
Lesson 4: Draw Your Own
Lesson 6: Subtracting Rational Numbers
Lesson 7: Adding and Subtracting to Solve Problems
Unit 5
Lesson 4: Draw Your Own
Lesson 10: Integer Puzzles

Unit 6: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

Topic 1: Representing Situations of the Form px + q = r and p(x + q) = r
 
Lesson 1: Relationships Between Quantities
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Paint
Unit 4
Lesson 1: Mosaics
Topic 9 Dealing with Negative Numbers
 
Lesson 10: Different Options for Solving One Equation
Unit 6
Lesson 10: Collect the Squares
Topic 3: Inequalities
 
Lesson 13: Reintroducing Inequalities
Unit 6
Lesson 16: Shira the Sheep
Lesson 14: Finding Solutions to Inequalities in Context
Lesson 15: Efficiency Solving Inequalities
Unit 6
Lesson 16: Shira the Sheep
Lesson 16: Interpreting Inequalities
Lesson 17: Modeling with Inequalities
Unit 6
Lesson 16: Shira the Sheep
Topic 4: Writing Equivalent Expressions
 
Lesson 18: Subtraction in Equivalent Expressions
Unit 6
Lesson 10: Collect the Squares
Lesson 20: Combining Like Terms (Part 1)
Lesson 21: Combining Like Terms (Part 2)
Lesson 22: Combining Like Terms (Part 3)
Unit 6
Lesson 10: Collect the Squares

Unit 7: Angles, Triangles, and Prisms

Topic 1: Angle Relationships
 
Lesson 1: Relationships of Angles
Unit 7
Lesson 2: Friendly Angles
Lesson 2: Adjacent Angles
Lesson 3: Nonadjacent Angles
Unit 7
Lesson 2: Friendly Angles
Lesson 4: Solving for Unknown Angles
Unit 7
Lesson 2: Friendly Angles
Lesson 5: Using Equations to Solve for Unknown Angles
Unit 7
Lesson 4: Missing Measures
Topic 2: Drawing Polygons with Given Conditions
 
Lesson 9: Drawing Triangles (Part 1)
Lesson 10: Drawing Triangles (Part 2)
Unit 7
Lesson 5: Can You Build It?

Unit 8: Probability and Sampling

Topic 1: Probabilities of Single Step Events
 
Lesson 1: Mystery Bags
Lesson 2: Chance Experiments
Lesson 3: What Are Probabilities?
Unit 8
Lesson 1: How Likely?
Lesson 2: Prob-bear-bilities
Topic 3: Sampling
 
Lesson 11: Comparing Groups
Lesson 12: Larger Populations
Lesson 13: What Makes a Good Sample?
Lesson 14: Sampling in a Fair Way
Unit 8
Lesson 10: Crab Island
Topic 4: Using Samples
 
Lesson 15: Estimating Population Measures of Center
Lesson 16: Estimating Population Proportions
Unit 8 
Lesson 10: Crab Island
Lesson 17: More about Sampling Variability
Lesson 18: Comparing Populations Using Samples
Lesson 19: Comparing Populations with Friends
Unit 8
Lesson 10: Crab Island

Grade 8

Unit 1: Rigid Transformations and Congruence

Illustrative Mathematics Desmos Classroom
Topic 1: Rigid Transformations
 
Lesson 1: Moving in the Plane
Unit 1
Lesson 1: Transformers
Lesson 2: Naming the Moves
Unit 1
Lesson 2: Spinning, Flipping, Sliding
Lesson 3: Grid Moves
Unit 1
Lesson 4: Moving Day
Lesson 4: Making the Moves
Unit 1
Lesson 1: Transformers
Lesson 2: Spinning, Flipping, Sliding 
Lesson 4: Moving Day
Lesson 5: Coordinate Moves
Unit 1
Lesson 4: Moving Day
Lesson 6: Describing Transformations
Unit 1
Lesson 6: Connecting the Dots (coming soon!)
Topic 2: Properties of Rigid Transformations
 
Lesson 8: Rotation Patterns
Unit 1
Lesson 1: Transformers
Lesson 2: Spinning, Flipping, Sliding
Lesson 4: Moving Day
Topic 5: Let’s Put It to Work
 
Lesson 17: Rotate and Tessellate
Lesson 13: Tessellate

Unit 2: Dilations, Similarity, and Introducing Slope

Topic 1: Dilations
 
Lesson 1: Projecting and Scaling
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Sketchy Dilations
Lesson 2: Dilation Mini Golf 
Lesson 2: Circular Grid
Lesson 3: Dilations with No Grid
Lesson 4: Dilations on a Square Grid
Lesson 5: More Dilations
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Sketchy Dilations
Lesson 2: Dilation Mini Golf
Topic 2: Similarity
 
Lesson 6: Similarity
Unit 2
Lesson 6: Social Scavenger Hunt
Topic 3: Slope
Lesson 10: Meet Slope
Unit 3
Lesson 4: Flags

Unit 3: Linear Relationships

Topic 1: Proportional Relationships
 
Lesson 1: Understanding Proportional Relationships
Unit 3
Lesson 1: Turtle Time Trials
Lesson 2: Graphs of Proportional Relationships
Unit 3
Lesson 1: Turtle Time Trials
Lesson 3: Representing Proportional Relationships
Unit 3
Lesson 1: Turtle Time Trials
 
Topic 2: Representing Linear Relationships
 
Lesson 5: Introduction to Linear Relationships
Unit 3
Lesson 1: Turtle Time Trials
Lesson 7: Representations of Linear Relationships
Unit 3
Lesson 4: Flags
Topic 3: Finding Slopes
 
Lesson 9: Slopes Don’t Have to be Positive
Unit 3
Lesson 4: Flags
Lesson 11: Equations of All Kinds of Lines

 

Unit 3
Lesson 4: Flags
Topic 4: Linear Equations
 
Lesson 13: More Solutions to Linear Equations
Unit 3 
Lesson 4: Flags

Unit 4: Linear Equations and Linear Systems

Topic 2: Linear Equation in One Variable
 
Lesson 5: Solving Any Linear Equation
Unit 4
Lesson 5: Equation Roundtable
Lesson 6: Strategic Solving
Unit 4
Lesson 5: Equation Roundtable
Topic 3: Systems of Linear Equations
 
Lesson 11: On Both of the Lines
Lesson 12: Systems of Equations
Lesson 13: Solving Systems of Equations
Unit 4  
Lesson 11: Make Them Balance
Lesson 12: Line Zapper

Unit 5: Functions and Volume

Topic 1: Inputs and Outputs
 
Lesson 1: Inputs and Outputs
Unit 5
Lesson 1: Turtle Crossing
Lesson 2: Guess My Rule
Lesson 2: Introduction to Functions
Unit 5
Lesson 1: Turtle Crossing
Lesson 2: Guess My Rule
Topic 2: Representing and Interpreting Functions
 
Lesson 3: Equations of Functions
Unit 3
Lesson 1: Turtle Time Trials
Lesson 4: Tables, Equations, and Graphs of Functions
Lesson 5: More Graphs of Functions
Unit 5
Lesson 5: The Tortoise and the Hare
Topic 3: Linear Functions and Rates of Change
 
Lesson 8: Linear Functions
Unit 3
Lesson 4: Flags
Lesson 9: Linear Models
Unit 5
Lesson 5: The Tortoise and the Hare
Topic 4: Cylinder and Cones
 
Lesson 13: The Volume of a Cylinder
Unit 5
Lesson 11: Cylinders
Lesson 14: Finding Cylinder Dimensions
Unit 5
Lesson 11: Cylinders
Lesson 15: The Volume of a Cone
Unit 5
Lesson 13: Cones
Lesson 16: Finding Cone Dimensions
Unit 5
Lesson 13: Cones

Unit 6: Associations in Data

Topic 2: Associations in Numerical Data
 
Lesson 3: What a Point in a Scatter Plot Means
Unit 6 
Lesson 3: Robots
Lesson 4: Fitting a Line
Unit 6 
Lesson 4: Dapper Cats
Lesson 6: Find the Fit
Lesson 5: Describing Trends in Scatter Plots
Unit 6 
Lesson 3: Robots
Lesson 7: Observing More patterns in Scatter Plots
Unit 6 
Lesson 3: Robots
Topic 3: Associations in Categorical data
 
Lesson 9: Looking for Associations
Unit 6
Lesson 11: Finding Associations
Lesson 10: Using Data Displays to Find associations
Unit 6
Lesson 11: Finding Associations

Unit 7: Exponents and Scientific Notation

Topic 1: Exponent Review
 
Lesson 1: Exponent Review
Unit 7 
Lesson 1: Circles
Lesson 2: Multiplying Powers of 10
Lesson 3: Powers of Powers of 10
Lesson 4: Dividing Powers of 10
Unit 7 
Lesson 3: Power Pairs
Topic 3: Scientific Notation
 
Lesson 13: Defining Scientific Notation
Lesson 14: Multiplying, Dividing, and Estimating with Scientific Notation
Unit 7 
Lesson 9: Specific and Scientific
Lesson 11: Balance the Scale
Lesson 15: Adding and Subtracting with Scientific Notation
Unit 7 
Lesson 9: Specific and Scientific
Lesson 11: Balance the Scale

Unit 8: Pythagorean Theorem and Irrational Numbers

Topic 1: Side Lengths and Areas of Squares
 
Lesson 5: Reasoning about Square Roots
Unit 8
Lesson 4: Root Down
Topic 2: The Pythagorean Theorem
 
Lesson 6: Finding Side Lengths of Triangles
Unit 8
Lesson 8: Triangle-Tracing Turtle
Lesson 10: Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem
Unit 8
Lesson 10: Taco Truck
Topic 5: Let’s Put It to Work
 
Lesson 16: When Is the Same Size Not the Same Size?
Unit 8
Lesson 10: Taco Truck