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Ratios, Rates, Percent and Nutrition Lesson PlanRatios, Rates, Percent and Nutrition Lesson Plan
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Ratios, Rates, Percent and Nutrition

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Examine food labels to determine percentage of fat and sugar to total calories with middle schoolers. Daily nutritional guidelines are discussed and learners will decide how well their foods fit into a healthy diet. In the provided worksheet, they will use nutrition information to convert to and from fractions, decimals, and percents.

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unit conversion, percents, rates, ratios

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conversion, Nutrition, percents, ratios, rates, math
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days

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