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If You Hopped Like a Frog Lesson PlanIf You Hopped Like a Frog Lesson Plan
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If You Hopped Like a Frog

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Get your frogs hopping by introducing them to the concepts of ratio and proportion. As a class, they perform arithmetic operations using ratios then discover how they represent quantitative relationships. In groups, they write their own ratios and proportions using information, including a comparison of their jump length to that of a frog.

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proportions, ratios

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proportions, ratios, quantitative relationships, compare quantities, math
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Grade
6th - 8th
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Math
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6.RP.A.1

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