Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Rates & Proportional Relationships

7th - 8th Standards
Video explores how to compare a rate given in an equation to a rate shown on a graph. [1:24]
Instructional Video
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Get the Math: Get the Math in Music Introduction

9th - 10th
Manny Dominguez and Luis Lopez of DobleFlo talk about how their duo got started, how they use math in producing hip-hop music, and set up a music-related algebra challenge. Use music to solve mathematical word problems.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Math Mess: The Belly Buster Pizza Puzzle

6th - 8th
Doubling something isn't always easy! See if you can figure out why if Tito sells his new pizza for $19.99 he'll be in trouble. Use what you know about area, rates, and proportions to figure out how much Tito should charge or what the...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: The Really Big Shoe Sale

6th - 8th
Use what you know about percents, ratios, and proportions to figure out the sale price in this real world application of math. See if you can figure out how they calculated the correct price for the shoes Carla likes. Combining percents...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Scale City: Similar Figures in the Real World

6th - 8th Standards
This video features the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, home to the world's largest bat. Students see the role that measurement and engineering play in making bats to professional players' specifications and are asked to consider...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Scale City: One Dimensional Scaling in the Real World

6th - 8th Standards
In this video (3:09), life-size replicas help demonstrate one-dimensional scaling and the ratio relationship between two real-world quantities. The accompanying classroom activity helps students understand how ratios and proportions can...