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Building a Body: Scale, Proportion, and Ratio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students measure, analyze, and compare the ancient Egyptian canon of proportions using a mummy, painted images, and photographs of people today.
Worksheet
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Ratio and Proportion

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ratio and proportion worksheet, students solve 12 problems in which the ratios of shaded and unshaded tiles are calculated. Students use the provided pictures to write ratios.
Worksheet
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Ratio and Proportion

For Students 6th
In this ratio and proportion worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 5 different types of problems. First, they determine the amount of money each person receives. Then, students calculate the recipe at the bottom of the sheet for 3...
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Rates and Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a cookie recipe and complete a worksheet that asks them to establish ratios and proportions for various ingredients in the recipe.
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Truffles

For Teachers 6th Standards
Knowing how to scale a recipe is an important skill. Young mathematicians determine the amount of ingredients they need to make a certain number of truffles when given a recipe. They determine a relationship between ingredients given a...
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Bowland

Design the Mascot

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Explore how resizing an object affects its area. The set of lessons challenges young mathematicians to design a mascot for electronic devices. These designs undergo resizing to determine how scale factors of dilation affect area.
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Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 6)

For Students 6th Standards
Fifty-eight flashcards make up a set designed to reinforce math vocabulary. Within the set, you'll find bold-faced word cards as well as definition cards that offer a labeled example. Terms include base, percent, theoretical...
Activity
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House Project

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Make young mathematicians' dreams a reality with this fun drawing project. Given the task of designing their dream home, students create drawings and physical models that demonstrate their understanding of proportion and scale.
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Use Proprotions To Solve Word Problems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore ratios and proportions and how they are used in day to day life. As an activity, they find their own heart rate and then take a survey of other heart rates in the room. After organizing the data, 8th graders use...
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A Recipe For Success

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore a relevant application of ratios and proportions. They apply this concept through guided practice and interactive feedback.
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Currency Exchange

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the currency exchange rate.  For this middle school mathematics lesson, student use proportions to exchange between the U.S. dollar and the euro.  Students come up with a product they would like to buy and...
Worksheet
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Similar Triangles

For Students 10th
In this similar triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 10 different problems related to determining the sides of similar triangles. First, they write three equal ratios to show the corresponding sides that are proportional....
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Punch Mix-up

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the relationship between equivalent fractions, ratios, and proportions. In this fraction lesson, 5th graders answer questions about a punch mixture in order to find the ratio of ingredients.
Unit Plan
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What's Math Got To Do With It?

For Teachers 5th
Students explore numbers, computation, ratios, proportions, probabilities, statistics, and money in this six lessons unit. Practical applications in the real world are emphasized through an interactive approach to math in these lessons.
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Jazz and Math: The Beat Goes On

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars collect real data through listening, counting and timing jazz pieces.They use ratios, rates, and proportions to report collected data and demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of rhythm and tempo in music.
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Atlatl Lessons Grade 4-12

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students experiment with velocity, ratios, and rates. In this data management instructional activity, students throw a dart with and without using an atlatl and collect and record various data. Students construct ratios based on the data...
Lesson Plan
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Maps

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students figure out the mileage from one state to another using a map. In this map lesson, students look at the scale factor and turn it into a fraction. They measure the distance between two cities and use the proportion to find the...
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Landmark Restoration Project-Scale Model Measurements

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students work in cooperative groups to find the actual measurements of an historical building/landmark. Then they use ratio and proportion to figure the measurements that might be used to create a scale model of the structure.
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Origami Cube

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare two lengths using the area of a square. In this geometry instructional activity, students solve problems using ratio and proportion of the two shapes. They solve equations by taking the square root of both sides.
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Recipe: Unit Rate

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems using ratios and proportions. In this algebra lesson, students identify the unit rate and convert between fractions and decimals. They create graphs from their data.
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Understanding Radios

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore ratios. Using models and real-world scenarios, they complete tables and generate comparisons. Pupils demonstrate multiple ways of writing ratios and describe the differences between ratios.
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Does Size Matter?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the surface area to volume ratio in cellular respiration. While participating in an interactive lab experiment, they examine proportional surface area and discuss nanotechnology. Students observe the effectiveness of...
Lesson Plan
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Bagel Algebra

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders apply proportional reasoning to a real-life situation.  In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders explore a series of equations that relate to a display sign that compares the owner’s bagels to competitors bagels. ...
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A Blast From The Past

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate ratio and proportion as they solve problems. In this algebra lesson, students calculate the percent increase on salaries and convert between decimals and percents to calculate. They rate job positions from 1936...

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