Grade 7
Shapes and Designs: Two-Dimensional Geometry
Investigation 1: The Family of Polygons
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.A.2, 7.G.B.5
Investigation 2: Designing Polygons: The Angle Connection
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.A.2, 7.EE.B.4
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.A.2, 7.G.B.5
Investigation 3: Designing Triangles and Quadrilaterals
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.B.4
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.A.2, 7.G.B.5
Accentuate the Negative: Integers and Rational Numbers
Investigation 1: Extending the Number System
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a, 7.NS.A.2, 7.NS.A.3, 7.EE.B.4b, 7.NS.A.1b, 7.NS.A.1c
Investigation 2: Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1b, 7.NS.A.1c, 7.NS.A.2, 7.NS.A.3, 7.NS.A.1a, 7.EE.B.3
Investigation 3: Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.NS.A.2, 7.NS.A.2a, 7.NS.A.2b, 7.NS.A.2c, 7.NS.A.3, 7.NS.A.2d, 7.EE.B.3
Investigation 4: Properties of Operations
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1d, 7.NS.A.2, 7.NS.A.2a, 7.NS.A.2d, 7.NS.A.3, 7.NS.A.2c, 7.EE.B.3
Stretching and Shrinking: Understanding Similarity
Investigation 1: Enlarging and Reducing Shapes
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.2a, 7.RP.A.2b
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.A.1, 7.G.A.2, 7.G.B.6
Investigation 2: Similar Figures
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.2a, 7.RP.A.2b
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.A.1, 7.G.B.6
Investigation 3: Scaling Perimeter and Area
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.2a, 7.RP.A.2b, 7.RP.A.3
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.A.1, 7.G.A.2, 7.G.B.6
Investigation 4: Similarity and Ratios
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.2a, 7.EE.B.4, 7.RP.A.2b, 7.RP.A.3, 7.EE.B.3,
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.A.1, 7.G.B.6
Comparing and Scaling: Ratios, Rates, Percents, and Proportions
Investigation 1: Ways of Comparing: Ratios and Proportions
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.3, 7.EE.B.4
Common Core Standard in Supporting Cluster
6.G.A.1
Investigation 2: Comparing and Scaling Rates
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.1, 7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.2a, 7.RP.A.2b, 7.RP.A.2c, 7.RP.A.2d, 7.RP.A.3, 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a
Investigation 3: Markups, Markdowns, and Measures: Using Ratios, Percents, and Proportions
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.2a, 7.RP.A.2c, 7.RP.A.3, 7.EE.B.3, 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a
Moving Straight Ahead: Linear Relationships
Investigation 1: Walking Rates
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.B.3, 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a, 7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.2a, 7.RP.A.2b, 7.RP.A.2c
Investigation 2: Exploring Linear Relationships With Graphs and Tables
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.B.3, 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a, 7.RP.A.2b, 7.RP.A.2c, 7.RP.A.2d
Investigation 3: Solving Equations
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.A.2, 7.EE.B.4a, 7.EE.B.4b
Investigation 4: Exploring Slope: Connecting Rates and Ratios
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.A.1, 7.EE.A.2, 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a, 7.EE.B.4b, 7.EE.A.1,
7.EE.B.3, 7.EE.B.4
What Do You Expect? Probability and Expected Value
Investigation 1: A First Look at Chance
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.B.3, 7.RP.A.2
Common Core Standard in Supporting Cluster
7.SP.C.6, 7.SP.C.7a, 7.SP.C.7b, 7.SP.C.8, 7.SP.C.8a, 7.SP.C.8b
Investigation 2: Experimental and Theoretical Probability
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.B.3, 7.RP.A.2
Common Core Standard in Supporting Cluster
7.SP.C.5, 7.SP.C.6, 7.SP.C.7b, 7.SP.C.8, 7.SP.C.8a, 7.SP.C.8b, 7.SP.C.8c, 7.SP.C.7
Investigation 3: Making Decisions With Probability
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.B.3, 7.RP.A.3, 7.RP.A.2
Common Core Standard in Supporting Cluster
7.SP.C.6, 7.SP.C.7, 7.SP.C.7a, 7.SP.C.7b, 7.SP.C.8, 7.SP.C.8a, 7.SP.C.8b, 7.SP.C.8c, 7.SP.C.5
Investigation 4: Analyzing Compound Events Using an Area Model
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.B.3, 7.RP.A.3, 7.RP.A.2
Common Core Standard in Supporting Cluster
7.SP.C.5, 7.SP.C.6, 7.SP.C.8, 7.SP.C.8a, 7.SP.C.8b, 7.SP.C.8c, 7.SP.C.7, 7.SP.C.7a, 7.SP.C.7b
Investigation 5: Binomial Outcomes
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.EE.B.3, 7.RP.A.3, 7.RP.A.2
Common Core Standard in Supporting Cluster
7.SP.C.5, 7.SP.C.7, 7.SP.C.7a, 7.SP.C.8a, 7.SP.C.8b, 7.SP.C.8c, 7.SP.C.8
Filling and Wrapping: Three-Dimensional Measurement
Investigation 1: Building Smart Boxes: Rectangular Prisms
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.2, 7.EE.A.2
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.B.6, 7.G.A.1
Investigation 2: Polygonal Prisms
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.NS.A.3
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.A.3, 7.G.B.6
Investigation 3: Area and Circumference of Circles
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.NS.A.3, 7.EE.A.1, 7.EE.A.2
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.B.4, 7.G.B.6
Investigation 4: Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.NS.A.3
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.G.B.4, 7.G.B.6
Samples and Populations: Making Comparisons and Predictions
Investigation 1: Making Sense of Samples
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.SP.B.3, 7.SP.B.4
Investigation 2: Choosing Samples From Populations
Common Core Standard in Supporting Cluster
7.SP.A.1, 7.SP.A.2
Investigation 3: Using Samples to Draw Conclusions
Common Core Standard in Major Cluster
7.RP.A.2, 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1b
Common Core Standard in Supporting Cluster
7.SP.A.1, 7.SP.A.2, 7.SP.C.5, 7.SP.C.7, 7.SP.C.7a
Common Core Standard in Additional Cluster
7.SP.B.3, 7.SP.B.4