Unit 6 · Culminating Projects
Expressions in Action
Two project versions that pull together everything from Unit 6 — powers and exponents, writing and evaluating algebraic expressions, the distributive property, and equivalent expressions. Pick one, or run them as differentiated options. Each is self-guided, interactive, and printable.
Choose Your Version
Two Ways to Show Mastery
🎮 Game Studio Scoring Engine
Design the scoring formulas for a multiplayer adventure game: compute level-up scores with exponents, write and evaluate an algebraic coin-bonus expression, evaluate 2x² + 5 with correct order of operations, and compare two scoring formulas for fairness.
Version B · Real-World Investigation📱 App Pricing Engine
Be a junior analyst investigating app subscription pricing: verify equivalent expressions, apply the distributive property step by step, evaluate a monthly cost formula with order of operations, and compare two plans to find the better deal.
For the Teacher
How to Use These Projects
Standards: 6.EE.1 (whole-number exponents), 6.EE.2 (write, read, and evaluate algebraic expressions), 6.EE.3 (apply properties of operations including the distributive property), 6.EE.4 (identify equivalent expressions).
Both versions are parallel. They assess the same skills through different contexts — game design vs. real-world pricing — so you can assign Version A and Version B to different students and grade on the same rubric (built into each project). Great for choice boards, make-up work, or A/B class sections.
Built in: live calculators with instant feedback and worked steps, a sticky progress bar, hints for scaffolding, a written deliverable, a student checklist, a 4-point rubric, and a print button so students can turn in a finished document.
Answer key: Open the teacher answer key for both versions.