This turn-key unit on ratios and unit rates walks through a 30-lesson unit on teaching proportional reasoning, with each lesson broken into detailed teaching notes and time allotments for all parts. An unbelievable resource when taken...

Students explore numbers, computation, ratios, proportions, probabilities, statistics, and money in this six lessons unit. Practical applications in the real world are emphasized through an interactive approach to math in these lessons.

Learners make predictions and draw conclusions from given information as they learn the meaning of probability in this vocabulary-rich, integrated activity that presents a variety of teaching strategies to motivate and reach...

Find a cheaper way to keep buses going round and round. Small groups use their knowledge of ratios and proportions to find ways to save money on school transportation. The teams determine the number of miles buses currently travel by...

Discover a renewed appreciation for the highway transportation department. with a lesson that has scholars design a highway route that meets certain conditions, including traffic flow, curves, speed limits, financial costs, and...

Would your ideal science lab be filled with bubbling beakers and zapping Tesla coils? Or would it contain state-of-the-art computer technology and data analysis? Dream big with an innovative lesson that connects math and language...

Win the war of the worlds! Scholars solve a variety of problems related to an alien invasion. They determine where spaceships have landed on a coordinate map, devise a plan to avoid the aliens, observe the aliens, and break a code to...

Students explore Greek Mythology. In this Greek Mythology unit, students read myths, pantomime vocabulary words, practice research skills, create city-states, and demonstrate knowledge of ratios and proportions. This unit includes many...

A five-lesson unit challenges teams to design a complex to allow people to colonize the Moon. The teams first work in order to understand the challenge before becoming experts. Expert teams learn about different aspects needed to survive...

Will the time come when women outperform men at the Olympic Games?Scholars investigate gender differences in Olympic Games performances. They study the historical participation of women and then analyze data to determine if women will...

Circles are the foundation of many geometric concepts and extensions - a point that is thoroughly driven home in this extensive unit. Fundamental properties of circles are investigated (including sector area, angle measure, and...

Starting with similar triangles and dilation factors, this unit quickly and thoroughly progresses into the world of right triangle features and trigonometric relationships. Presented in easy-to-attack modules with copious application...

Does the number of calories you eat affect the total time you sleep? Young mathematicians tackle this question by collecting their own data and making comparisons between others in the class through building scatter plots and regression...

A comprehensive guide for learning all about proportions with definitions, proportion formulas, types of proportions, properties of proportions, the difference between ratio and proportion, solved examples, and practice questions.

Activities and factsheets exploring ratios and proportions in everyday life. Interactive, colorful, and fun.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students what a ratio is and how to use one. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...

You can pick up some valuable ratio pointers here. When you finish working your way through the three instructional pages, go on to the Activity for some practice, or take an online "Test Bite" and check your understanding.

In this Cyberchase media gallery, learn about ratio and proportion and how to use an algebraic shortcut to solve proportion problems. In the accompanying classroom activity, students play a game called the "Pom-Pom Nose Push," in which...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students identify proportions by cross multiplying or simplifying ratios. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students write proportions and then solve proportions by using equivalent rates. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students write proportions and then solve proportions by using cross-products. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students recognize proportions as a statement of equivalent ratios. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students write and solve proportions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice problems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use cross products to solve proportions and find the value of the missing variable. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice,...