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Intercepting Villans Using the Correct Rate

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A Cyberchase video introduces the distance = rate x time equation. Participants then calculate answers to proposed problems and graph a series of results that is then incorporated into a game to help cement the concept. A thorough and engaging plan!

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real-world applications, distance, equations, rates, time

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4th - 8th
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Math
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