Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Gear Trains

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students work together to build a simple gear train. They record their observations as it gains speed and how the gears rotate. They develop rules about gears based on these observations.
Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Direct Proportion

For Students 9th - 10th
Mangahigh is a website with math games aimed at twelve to eighteen year olds. On this site students form and use the formula for direct variation.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Ratio, Proportion, and Variation

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand direct and inverse variation.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Linear Models of Direct Variation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will write, graph, and solve direct variation models for real-world problems. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, study vocabulary, watch...
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Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Variation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains direct and inverse variation. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point this site out to students who have been...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Inverse Variation Models

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Graph, write, and solve inverse variations.
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Proporcionalidad

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. In this unit you will practice proportion. You will be able to distinguish whether quantities are or not in proportion and solve problems of direct and indirect proportion.