You set the rate! Step into the shoes of a taxi driver in New York City, and also pretend to be a person who uses taxis to get around town. The class will conduct collaborative research to learn about the history of taxis. Then, they...

AP environmental science or college-level ecology classes will glean a tremendous amount of information on nutrient cycles from this detailed PowerPoint. It covers nutrient requirements, biogeochemcial cycles, decomposition rates, and...

Students explore how skills can improve through practice and awareness, using a reaction-time activity that focuses on both visual and auditory responsiveness.

Students examine fitness rates. In this rate versus time lesson, students watch a Cyberchase episode segment and then fill in missing values in a table to show maintenance of rates.

Slow and steady wins the race? In the assessment task, scholars calculate the rates at which different snails travel in order to find the fastest snail. Hopefully, your class will move much more quickly in finishing the task!

It's extremely important to pace yourself. Scholars watch portions of a video of the 2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Using pictures that show one contestant's number of hot dogs at various times, they use rates to estimate how many...

Young scholars discuss scatter plots then create a class scatter plot using their heart rate at rest and their heart rate after a few minutes of aerobic exercises. Students copy the points plotted as a class and create individual graphs...

Students view Cyberchase video to introduce calculating speeds. In this rate and distance lesson, students make original tables showing rate, distance and speed. Students analyze distance - time graphs for understanding.

In this calculus activity, students calculate the rate of change in an isosceles trapezoid. They take the derivative to find their answer.

Middle schoolers calculate the rate of speed of various moving objects within the classroom setting, or outside under a controlled environment.

As viewers will quickly learn, rent is a vital part of our economy - both paying and receiving. Each perspective of a rent agreement are featured here. Included are details about the rate of interest and profits, as well as changes in...

What exactly is the fiscal cliff? What are the effects of changing income tax rates and payroll tax rates? Your learners will begin by reading news articles and examining graphs illustrating the "Bush tax cuts" of 2001 and 2003. They...

Your young microbiologists will interpret and solve exponential equations in this real-world context task set in a hospital research scenario. Learners think in terms of the functions as well as their rates of change. 

In this chemistry exam worksheet, students solve fifteen problems related to acids and bases, rates of reactions, and half life.

Explain the four categories of financial indicators (commodity prices, stock indexes, interest rates, and yield spreads), and help your class members understand how changes in this data can affect decisions regarding consumer spending,...

A diagram of a mountain range and the prevailing winds is shown at the top of the page. Meteorology pupils describe the weather conditions at different points on the diagram. They explain the El Nino effect and why evaporation and...

Real-world multiple-step proportion problems are sometimes hard to find for your math class. Here is one designed specifically to meet that need. Learners use proportional relationships to determine price per share in the acquisition of...

Your algebra learners will pick up some solid algebra problem solving skills and a plan of approach for some typical types of word problems in this scripted activity that shows how to set up and organize each type of problem, create...

Buying a home, dealing with a lender, securing a mortgage; these are daunting tasks for many adults. Why not teach middle schoolers about this area of adulthood so they are better-prepared to make the leap into home ownership when they...

Will human population growth always be exponential, or will we find a limiting factor we can't avoid? Young scientists learn about both exponential and logistic growth models in various animal populations. They use case studies to...

Get children's blood pumping with this primary grade lesson plan on the human heart. After learning about the important role this muscle plays in the human body, students monitor their heart rates and discover the importance of...

In this comparing rates worksheet, students find sets of unit rates, then compare to find which rate is higher and "explain their thinking." Answers are included on page 2.

Students practice rating things using numbers between -2 to 2. In this rating lesson, students determine what a rating scale is before rating things such as the weather, a book, or a day using the numbers -2 to 2. They examine the use of...

Young scholars feel their pulse and describe it. They predict whether certain activities will increase or decrease their heart rates. Students use a heart rate sensor to determine resting heart rates and those after activity. In...