The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade eight math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...

The Saskatoon Board of Education provides teachers with this collection of grade nine math performance stations. Although several of the stations have been designed as assessment tools for the Saskatchewan curriculum, teachers may also...

Today, about one-tenth of the world's population are southpaws. Why are such a small proportion of people left-handed -- and why does the trait exist in the first place? The following video investigates how the uneven ratio of lefties...

A quantitative illustration of how non-renewable resources are depleted while renewable resources continue to provide energy. The activity requires students to remove beads (units of energy) from a bag (representing a country). A certain...

This lesson will require students to collect data through listening, counting and timing. They will use ratios, rates, and proportions to report data. They will also demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of rhythm and tempo in music.

In this exercise, students solve word problems that involve using different units. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.

Practice solving word problems involving percents. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Practice solving word problems involving price markups and commission fees. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Practice solving word problems involving price discounts, taxes, and tip calculations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Amazing site examines size from the most elementary particle to the extremities of space, and everything in between. This interactive feature will encourage you to look differently at your size in relation to the rest of the universe.

Seventh graders will explore scale and use it to find measurements in scale drawings.

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...

This video explores scale models, including 1:12 dollhouse models, 1:24 railroad models, and 1:192 architectural models. It explains what the different ratios represent and asks students to consider how they can use measurement and...

Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students estimate 15% of a total price to estimate tips. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...

This task asks students to determine the area of the exterior walls of a barn and to calculate how many gallons of paint would be needed to cover them, as well as the cost of the paint. Aligns with 6.G.A and 6.RP.A.3.