Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Architects in Action
Through this lesson, students will learn how to use ratios to create a scale drawing of their classroom's floor plan. It provides adaptations, discussion questions, assessment rubric, and suggested readings to help develop students'...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Deep Sea Drilling
In this activity, students learn about the JOIDES Resolution, an ocean-drilling vessel. They then use string to estimate the length of the ship and compare their estimates to the real length. They look at how deep the ocean water under...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Dragon Scales
In this lesson plan, students create a class mural by using scale, ratio, and proportion. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measurement: Scale Distances or Dimensions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find scale dimensions using actual measurements and a ratio or proportion.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today Wing Tabs Save Fuel
Using the USA TODAY Infograph, 'Wing tabs save fuel', ratios and proportions will be used to explore the concept of similarity between a drawing/model and the actual dimensions. The effects of dilation (size change) on an image and...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Dance Performance: Position on a Map
This interactive website allows students to practice their map skills including scale factors on a map.