Central Park

Central Park is designed to help students make the transition from arithmetic to algebra. Arithmetic is for computation. Algebra makes the structure of our computations clear. We want students to use their knowledge of computation to inform their understanding of algebra, and we want them to see that representing their ideas with algebra can save a lot of computation time. Central Park puts the power of algebra in the hands of students by asking them to design parking lots. At first, students place the parking lot dividers by hand. Then, they compute the proper placement. Finally, they write an algebraic expression that places the dividers for many different lots.

By Desmos Classroom

6th - 8th Grade

Math