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Pbs: Real World Ratio and Rate Reasoning: How to Power the Skate Park Unit PlanPbs: Real World Ratio and Rate Reasoning: How to Power the Skate Park Unit Plan
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PBS
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6th - 8th
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Math
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Unit Plans
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Unit Plan

Pbs: Real World Ratio and Rate Reasoning: How to Power the Skate Park

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The CyberSquad works with area to figure out how to power a skate park using solar panels in this interactive from WNET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students view and analyze a series of video clips from Cyberchase and complete an activity using area and ratio. Students take what they've learned and put it to the test by designing their own solar power dream house.

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rates, ratios

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pbs, pbs: real-world ratio and rate reasoning: how to power the skate park

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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