How are radiologists like superheroes? Answer: They have X-ray vision and can do math. A short three-minute video and an associated lesson focus on how radiologists use math in their professional lives. It tasks learners with performing ratios and unit conversions in like real-life radiologists.

Concepts

sound waves, x-rays, ratios, percents, unit conversion

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a radiologist to give a presentation
• Team up with a science teacher for a cross-curricular activity
  

Classroom Considerations

• Resource suggests having an X-ray image to show scholars as prep for the lesson
  

Pros

• Provides printable worksheet to accompany the video
  
• Includes pacing guide for lesson
  

Cons

• Pupils not interested in the medical fields may not find the video to be of interest
  

Common Core

6.RP.A.3.a 7.RP.A.3 8.EE.A.2