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Canadian Thanksgiving Tradition ActivityCanadian Thanksgiving Tradition Activity
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6th - 10th
Subjects
Math
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Duration
30 mins
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Year
2014
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Canadian Thanksgiving Tradition

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It's all about the portion size! Given a photo of a pumpkin pie, learners work to determine the number of calories that are missing. Supplemental information provides the angle of the piece that is missing as well as the nutritional information.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

sectors, circles, area of circles, angles

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Have pupils bring in food of different shapes and repeat the lesson with different fractions
  • Offer as an enrichment activity at the conclusion of a unit

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires the ability to read a protractor and make calculations with fractions

Pros

  • Provides information to help pupils find an answer using multiple methods
  • Offers an option for extension

Cons

  • None

Common Core

4.MD.C.5.a 4.MD.C.6 6.RP.A.3.c 7.RP.A.1 7.RP.A.3

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