Mindsets CUrriculum Aligned to Victorian Curriculum Mindsets Challenges is a modular curriculum for real-world problem-solving in Math & STEAM Sep 2019- Version 4 www.mindsets.com [email protected]Boston.San Francisco.Melbourne STEAM platform for the classroom Real world learning - World ready students
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There are many ways to use Mindsets Challenges! Most Challenges takes around 45-60 minutes and can be completed in 1 to 2 class periods. Teachers have the flexibility to also use any of the grade-level Mindsets Challenges, together with their matching project based extension over a week or a month throughout the school year.
Here’s how we suggest using Mindset Challenges:
1 class period
1-2 class periods
Over 1 week
Over 1 month
Over the school year
• 1 Challenge• Supplement your existing lesson with real-world problems or hands-on,
inquiry-based activities• Focus on a mathematical or science standard
• 1 Challenge• Break up student work into shorter time periods by asking students to log back
into the Challenge• Focus on a mathematical or science standard
• Assign 1 Challenge in 1-2 class periods as an introduction or review of content standards
• After completing the Challenge, add on a project-based extension• Using the project-based extension, students can take time over multiple classes
to develop their skills
• 1-2 Challenges per week with a focus on adding project-based extensions• Challenges are aligned to high-frequency standards and can be used as
an introduction or as reinforcement during a lesson or review• Use project-based extensions to assess students and support high-achieving
learners
• 1-2 Challenges per month• Follow the Suggested Sequence calendar
(contact us to create a custom one for your school)• Incorporate project-based extensions as the school schedule allows or
You’re planning a trip throughout Africa, choose which countries to visit and plan how to pay for each part of your exciting adventure.Math | VCMNA189, VCMNA190
Puerto Rico is still recovering from hurricane dam-age. Work with your Little League baseball team to help get sports programs running again. Math | VCMMG196, VCMMG225, VCMMG259
You’ve been hired by the NBA to help players man-age their millions. Meet with the men and women’s players to review their financial records.Math | VCMNA186, VCMNA189, VCMNA190, VCMNA191
Help Monique and David start their new, exciting lives by making sure they have enough money to live on their own and go on adventures.Math | VCMNA181, VCMNA192
You’ve gotten a new job in Hawaii! Choose your new job, your new home and calculate how much you’ll make and need to pay to live in this beautiful destination.Math | VCMNA193
Choose a career and see what salary you’ll earn each month. We’ll learn how your career choice affects what you decide to spend and buy!Math | VCMNA191, VCMNA241
You’ve just opened a new branch of Dogtopia - a company which caters to dogs! Make sure that you are paying all of your workers correctly.Math | VCMNA183, VCMNA185
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What happens when you group collections of piles & holes together? Find out how to use parentheses.Math | VCMNA210, VCMNA220
You’re raising money to support a wildlife sanctuary (a safe place) for elephants. After a successful donation campaign, determine who gets what prize.Math | VCMNA210, VCMNA241
What happens when you combine sand piles with other sand piles. Piles with holes? Holes with holes? In this challenge we’ll find out!Math | VCMNA210
You’re working for Tesla to create an ad to promote the new Model 3 car! First, let’s analyze data and compare it to a competitor’s car.Math | VCMNA219
You’ve been admitted to Harvard! Learn to use your savings, grants, scholarships, loans and work-study to pay for this amazing opportunity. Math | VCMNA213, VCMNA214, VCMNA215
It’s your big chance to create a new logo for the world famous Kraft Heinz Company using transformations and congruent shapes.Math | VCMMG229
You’re a party planner hired by a local high school to plan their graduation party. Keep track of money spent and stay within budget!Math | VCMNA214
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SeptemberLocation and transformation
Design and create eye-catching images using rigid transformations for a new marketing campaign for LeBron James.Math | VCMMG229
National Geographic has hired you to create graphs for a story on the negative effects climbing Mount Everest has on your body.Math | VCMMG230
NovemberUsing units of measurement
Puerto Rico is still recovering from hurricane damage. Work with your Little League baseball team to help get sports programs running again. Math | VCMMG196, VCMMG225, VCMMG259
You’re a new scout for the Boston Celtics basketball team! Learn how player decisions are made through the use of statistics.Math | VCMMG196, VCMMG225, VCMMG259
Demi Lovato needs your help to determine her net worth, and what money she earns and owns; create and present a net worth statement to her. Math | VCMNA240, VCMNA244
As a sports statistician, your job is to record data, determine probabilities and make predictions on games and players using statistics.Math | VCMSP267
Six Flags needs your help creating a cost calculator app, which supports visitors planning and enjoying their theme park visit. Math | VCMNA252, VCMNA253
You’ve been offered two jobs - one by Google and one by Amazon. Which will you pick? Use salary and company data to make a decision!Math | VCMNA284, VCMSP270
Choose a career and see what salary you’ll earn each month. We’ll learn how your career choice affects what you decide to spend and buy!Math | VCMNA191, VCMNA241
Your school will be hosting an upcoming International Art Fair! Create and design special patterned bands for sale using a basic design. Math | VCMNA251, VCMNA252, VCMNA253
Spotify is hosting a school concert and needs help selecting concert T-shirts to sell! Which will be the most popular in your class?Math | VCMNA247, VCMNA248, VCMNA249
Check out Mindsets Challenges Library to see the full Mindsets Challenges list
Help Amazon determine the monthly prices of video games. Use student data to compare the mean, median and mode to find the perfect price. Math | VCMSP270, VCMSP271, VCMSP326, VCMSP350
NovemberReal numbers
Compare gaming systems from a variety of online vendors. They’ll offer you free games, add-ons and other incentives to get you to buy.Math | VCMNA247, VCMNA249, VCMNA250
You’re an architect designing a baseball stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. Use Pythagorean Theorem to determine the dimensions of the field.Math | VCMMG318
The University of California aims to be carbon neutral by 2025. Estimate how many solar panels you’ll need to power on of their buildings.Math | VCMNA277, VCMMG286
You’ve been offered two jobs - one by Google and one by Amazon. Which will you pick? Use salary and company data to make a decision!Math | VCMSP298, VCMSP299
You’re the head of marketing for McDonald’s and will use functions to track the sales of new Sunset menu items in your San Diego restaurant.Math | VCMNA278, VCMNA363
Help Nike to relaunch one of its best selling sneakers! You’ll pick a retro sneaker, then work out costs and a range of sales and profits.Math | VCMNA276, VCMNA277, VCMNA278
You’re a producer for the teen version of The Amazing Race. Book flights and convert money for the contestants’ traveling to 3 cities!Math | VCMNA276, VCMNA277
After the success of its community programs, Nike would like your help in their next project to create teen gyms at school. Let’s get fit!Math | VCMSP297
As the pricing analyst for Verizon, you’ve been tasked to create mobile data plans for the teen market using linear equations.Math | VCMNA284
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You are an aeronautical engineer working with NASA on the next gen of spacecraft. Use your understanding of volume & ratio to send astronauts into space! Math | VCMMG289
NovemberReal numbers
Are you happy with your school lunches? Whole Foods is partnering with your school to test a new pizza dish, and they’d like your help.Math | VCMNA276, VCMNA277
APPENDIXStrands Sub-Strands Code Content DescriptionsNumber and Algebra
Number and place value
VCMNA181 Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems
Number and place value
VCMNA183 Solve problems involving multiplication of large numbers by one- or two-digit numbers using efficient mental, written strategies and appropriate digital technologies
Number and place value
VCMNA185 Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems
Number and place value
VCMNA186 Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least hundreds of thousands
Fractions and decimals
VCMNA189 Recognise that the place value system can be extended beyond hundredths
Fractions and decimals
VCMNA190 Compare, order and represent decimals
Money and financial mathematics
VCMNA191 Create simple financial plans
Patterns and algebra VCMNA192 Describe, continue and create patterns with fractions, decimals and whole numbers resulting from addition and subtraction
Patterns and algebra VCMNA193 Use equivalent number sentences involving multiplication and division to find unknown quantities
Number and place value
VCMNA210 Investigate everyday situations that use integers. Locate and represent these numbers on a number line
Fractions and decimals
VCMNA213 Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and without digital technologies
Fractions and decimals
VCMNA214 Add and subtract decimals, with and without digital technologies, and use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers
Fractions and decimals
VCMNA215 Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform divisions by non-zero whole numbers where the results are terminating decimals, with and without digital technologies
Patterns and algebra VCMNA219 Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Describe the rule used to create the sequence
Number and place value
VCMNA241 Compare, order, add and subtract integers
Real numbers VCMNA247 Connect fractions, decimals and percentages and carry out simple conversions
Real numbers VCMNA248 Find percentages of quantities and express one quantity as a percentage of another, with and without digital technologies.
Real numbers VCMNA249 Recognise and solve problems involving simple ratios
Money and financial mathematics
VCMNA250 Investigate and calculate ‘best buys’, with and without digital technologies
Patterns and algebra VCMNA251 Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters
Patterns and algebra VCMNA252 Create algebraic expressions and evaluate them by substituting a given value for each variable
Patterns and algebra VCMNA253 Extend and apply the laws and properties of arithmetic to algebraic terms and expressions
Real numbers VCMNA276 Solve problems involving the use of percentages, including percentage increases and decreases and percentage error, with and without digital technologies
Real numbers VCMNA277 Solve a range of problems involving rates and ratios, including distance-time problems for travel at a constant speed, with and without digital technologies
Money and financial mathematics
VCMNA278 Solve problems involving profit and loss, with and without digital technologies
Linear and non-linear relationships
VCMNA284 Solve linear equations using algebraic and graphical techniques. Verify solutions by substitution
Linear and non-linear relationships
VCMNA363 Use function notation to describe the relationship between dependent and independent variables in modelling contexts