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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: The Math of Trash: Percents and Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th
Discover how percents and proportions help explain issues like climate change, composting, and zero waste in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students estimate the percentage of various types of trash that...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: 1.3 Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Determine the appropriate number of significant figures in both addition and subtraction, as well as multiplication and division calculations and Calculate the percent...
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Decimal to Percent Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Convert decimals to percentages with this calculator. Input a decimal number to convert both the whole number and decimal part of the number to a percent value.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating, Variation 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task on exponential decay, students calculate what the amount of Carbon 14 left in a preserved plant will be as time passes and when one microgram will be all that is left. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.