UNITED STATES MATHEMATICS LESSONS

US1 Graphing Linear Equations

This eighth grade mathematics lesson focuses on graphing linear equations. It is a review lesson that followed a unit of work on this topic. The lesson is 44 minutes in duration. There are 36 students enrolled in the class.

US2 Writing Variable Expressions

This eighth grade mathematics lesson focuses on writing variable expressions. It is the introductory lesson to a unit of work on equations. The lesson is 53 minutes in duration. There are 31 students enrolled in the class.

US3 Exponents

This eighth grade mathematics lesson focuses on calculating with exponents. It is the first lesson in a sequence of 12 lessons on this topic. The lesson is 50 minutes in duration. There are 36 students enrolled in the class.

US4 Secants and Tangents

This eighth grade mathematics lesson focuses on the measurement of angles formed by secants and tangents intersecting with a circle. It is the fourth lesson in a six-lesson unit on this topic. The lesson is 45 minutes in duration. This is an advanced eighth grade geometry class. There are 15 students enrolled in the class.

US87 (from TIMSS 1995 Video Study)

This lesson is on interior angles of a polygon.

The lesson was released following the TIMSS 1995 Video Study and is included here because of high interest in it among educators. Resource materials from the lesson are not available