Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: All About Ratios
Make Texas chili as you learn about ratios in this interactive lesson. Students get immediate feedback on their responses and teachers have access to online assessment.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Rate Language 6.rp.2 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Ratios and Proportional Relationships 6.rp.3b Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratios and unit rates.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Ratios and Proportional Relationships Grade 6
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Cool Kool Aid Experiment
This lesson allows young scholars to practice writing and solving rates by conducting an experiment to find the best tasting Kool-Aid mixture. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extension as well as ways to manage behavior...
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Better Lesson: Extending and Comparing Ratios
Sixth graders continue to work on understanding and comparing ratios.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Linear Equations Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide highlights the main terms and formulas needed to understand linear equations. Examples are included.
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Better Lesson: Review 4: Converting Measurements Using Ratios
Why are there two systems of measurement? How do we move between units in the same system? Students create and use foldables to convert measurement units.
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Better Lesson: Review 3: Who's Faster? Comparing Ratios & Rates
Who's faster? What is the better deal? How do you know? Students apply their knowledge of ratios and rates in order to determine how they relate to each other.
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Better Lesson: Performance Task (2 Days)
This lesson is a performance task based on their learning of ratios. Students will be using their knowledge of ratios and unit rates to create their own pizza.
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Better Lesson: Scale Drawings
This lesson will provide students the opportunity to work with scale drawings as they create their own road trip to see how far they go using a map of the United States.
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Better Lesson: Using Rates
This lesson is designed to get students connecting their learning about unit rates to real life examples.
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Better Lesson: Introducing Ratios Stations
To understand the concept of ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.
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Better Lesson: Writing Ratios the Right Way Stations
The students will be reinforcing what they have learned using a variety of methods in this station activity.
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Better Lesson: Real World Ratios Day 1
Mathematics, ratios and how they connect to the real world.
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Better Lesson: Real World Ratios Day 2
Using rich math problems and multiple representations to solve ratios.
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Better Lesson: Ratio Review for 6.rp.1, 6.rp.3a, 6.rp.3d
The students will be able to show what they know about ratios and how to use multiple representations strategically.
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Better Lesson: Understanding Tape Diagrams
Using a tape diagram is one of the key models for ratios and proportions.
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Better Lesson: Using a Ratio Table
The ratio table is a tool that students can use to solve a variety of problems.
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Better Lesson: Writing Ratios the Right Way!
Sixth graders will write ratios using a variety of formats.
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Better Lesson: Capacity or Weight....it's Full of Beans!
Sixth graders will be using a hands-on approach to learning about length, capacity and weight.
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Better Lesson: Power to the 10! Conversions With the Metric System
Sixth graders will be using ratio tables to convert units of metric measurements and looking for patterns to help make the problems easier.
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Better Lesson: I Can See the Future!
How do we use ratios to make predictions? Let's find out!