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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Island of the Little

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad is on the Island of the Little and must scale up a small boat that will fit Widgit.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: In a Land of Giants

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must scale down a large boat to escape the land of Proporciona, a land of giants.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Scale Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with scientific and standard notation. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Similarity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning tutorial describes the characteristics of similar figures and how to use scale factor and proportions to determine missing side lengths. The lesson includes PowerPoint presentations and videos demonstrating how to solve...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Srt Dilating a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students investigate a dilation of a line segment and how the length of the dilation relates to the scale factor. Aligns with G-SRT.A.1.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Dilation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students recognize dilations and use scale factor to determine measurements. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Dilation in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to draw dilated figures in the coordinate plane and use dilated figures in the coordinate plane to find scale factors. Students...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Dilation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept introduces dilations and how to find scale factors. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Fractal Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the fractal dimensions of several line-deformation fractals. Input the scale factor and number of similar copies, and the dimension will be calculated.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Fractured Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Generate complicated geometric fractals by specifying starting polygon and scale factor.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Similar Polygons and Scale Factor

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will follow the given steps to solve the given equation. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me to answer a practice question.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: To Scale or Not to Scale? That Is the Factor.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn to solve proportions and find missing sides of similar figures using the scale factor. This lesson is best taught before the concept of cross multiplication is developed. Not only will the student learn the process of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Scaling a Triangle in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to apply dilations to a triangle in the coordinate plane. Students will need to find the coordinates of a point which cuts a given segment into one third and into two thirds. The two dilated triangles share a...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Similar Figures

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to introduce proportional relationships between similar figures. It also introduces the concept of scale factor.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Movin' on Up"

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners will use their knowledge of scale factor to enlarge a picture to scale. They will then use PhotoStory to create a collage of their pictures. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science...
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Locus Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the relationships between length, area, and volume scale factors.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fraction Multiplication as Scaling

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Interpret how multiplying by a fraction greater or less than 1 affects the product. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Museum of Science

The P H Factor

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a great source of chemistry experiments and information dealing with pH. Learning objectives are provided to explain the basis for each activity. Japanese and Chinese versions are also provided.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Understanding Migration [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Why do people move? This curriculum unit tackles the complex questions about the causes of individual versus large-scale migration as well as the global effects of migration. Clear lesson plans and objectives are included.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: An Intuitive Notion of Dilation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a very basic discussion of dilations. It explains what a scaling factor is and provides illustrations.
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PBS

Pbs: Human Tree: Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th
Watch as the National Museum of Mathematics creates an interesting series of images using ratios. This video focuses on the proportional relationship observed in fractals and challenges you to do some critical thinking using ratios and...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families

For Students 2nd - 8th
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
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Tutor2u

Tutor2 U: Economies of Scope

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an explanation of several factors that impact mass production. Primarily, the concept of economies of scope is explored.
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Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.

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