Entrepreneur

Unit Plan Summary The federal government has established a grant to be awarded to a seventh grade student. The grant is designed to determine the effect of joining the work force while still in middle school. Students will receive a maximum of $1,000,000 to start his/her own business. Students will use various mathematical concepts to create a business/product, design logos, research economic implications, hire employees, set salaries, and create business card/letterhead. Students will host an “Networking Day” to share their business ideas with other professionals.  || What are the underlying mathematical concepts that are needed to start a business or develop a product? What role does solving equations play in solving real-world problems? How can I formulate questions, gather data, display and decipher the results? || What conclusions can I make about data based on graphs, measures of central tendency, and measures of variation? How can algebraic expressions be used to represent relationships between variables when solving problems? Why are inverse operations and basic properties essential for understanding and solving linear relationships? What information do I need to know to conclude that two figures are similar and/or congruent? ||
 * **Curriculum-Framing Questions ** ||
 * **Essential Question ** || What is ownership?
 * **Unit Questions ** || How can I use basic geometric constructions in real-life applications?
 * **Content Questions ** || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">How could using the coordinate plane help me understand the properties of transformations?