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Review three video clips for one major concept. The resource contains three short clips to introduce the idea of ratios and proportions and how to solve a proportion. After watching the video, partners use their noses to push pom poms across the floor and express the distance to time as a ratio. The extension to the activity suggests changing the variables to provide multiple ratios to explore.
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Instructional Ideas
- Create ratios that exist within the class, such as boys to girls, brown eyes to blue eyes, etc.
- Lead a discussion on why the presented method of solving a proportion is mathematically sound
Classroom Considerations
- Requires an open space on the floor
- One part of the Math at the Core MS: Ratios series
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- Includes a set of discussion questions to use with the class
- Contains a list of materials needed for the activity
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