Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: How to Calculate Percentage Increase

For Students 5th - 8th
Explains and demonstrates how to calculate the percentage increase from year to year and how to calculate it using an Excel spreadsheet.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Communist Party of Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the Communist Party of Canada. Election result statistics show the number of candidates and percentage of popular votes for the party.
Activity
Math Slice

Math Slice: Percentage

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Practice finding the percent of a number by using a money simulation and dragging dollars from one box to the next to represent a percent of the whole.
Unit Plan
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
PBS

Pbs: Real Life Math: Physical Trainer

For Students 6th - 8th
The general manager of a fitness center explains how numerical calculations, percentages, and ratios are critical to his job in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students explore percentages, fractions, and...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Much Sugar Is in Bubble Gum?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Most of the flavoring in gum is due to the sugar or other sweetener it contains. As gum is chewed, the sugar dissolves and is swallowed. After a piece of gum loses its flavor, it can be left to dry at room temperature and then the...
Activity
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Determining Percent of Seed Germination

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this project, students will conduct an experiment to determine the percentage of seed that will germinate in a given time frame. Students will produce charts and graphs to represent the results algebraically. Mathematics and...
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Songhay Marriage and Family

For Students 9th - 10th
The Songhay are the fourth-largest ethnic group in Niger, West Africa. There are also considerable Songhay populations in Mali and Benin. They are closely related culturally to the Zarma. The Songhay are spread over a large area of...
Interactive
English Club

English Club: Esl Games: Vocabulary: Global Warming Game

For Students 6th - 8th
Complete an informational text about global warning by filling in the blanks with words from a word bank. A percentage score is provided once answers have been checked.
Interactive
English Club

English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Arts 4

For Students 6th - 8th
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms used in film making. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
Interactive
English Club

English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Business 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to banking. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." Text highlighted in blue represents insightful details, red represents things that are difficult to understand,...
Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Influences on Achievement" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Grant Wiggins' blog post "Influences on Achievement." Strategies we currently use are blue while strategies that are easy to begin are red, and the most...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Texas Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
Only soils with low percentages of silt, clay, and gravel will do for the Texas Pocket Gopher, so many of its populations are isolated from one another. The species occurs in southern Texas and extreme northeastern Mexico, burrowing in...
Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "The Declaration of Sentiments" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Declaration of Sentiments." Details that show unjust treatment are blue while details that show feminism are red, and details...
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.

Other popular searches