Open Educational Resources
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Sugar Packets - Dan Meyer Three Act Task
The question is simple: How many sugar packets are in a soda bottle? The lesson hooks students immediately with the initial video clip of a man sitting in a restaurant downing packets of sugar one-after-another! The mathematics involved is proportional reasoning. |
8/2/2016 |
Trey Cox
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6.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3a 6.RP.A.3b 6.RP.A.3d 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.2a 7.RP.A.2b MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 | 6 7 | Video | |
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How Big or How Little?
This activity is designed to have students think about what it means to “keep it in proportion” – a very common phrase, but what does it mean? |
8/2/2016 |
Scott Adamson
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6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.2 6.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3a 6.RP.A.3b 6.RP.A.3c 7.RP.A.1 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.2a 7.RP.A.2b 7.RP.A.3 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 6 7 | Activity | |
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Sharing Pencils
Sarah and Michelle are working on a class project using colored pencils. Given some information about the number of pencils that Sarah and Michelle had when they started, and how some sharing of pencils has taken place, students must employ proportional reasoning skills to determine how many colored pencils the girls now possess. |
8/2/2016 |
Lynda Boepple
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6.RP.A.2 6.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3a 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.2a 7.RP.A.2b 7.RP.A.2c MP.1 MP.3 MP.4 MP.6 MP.7 MP.1 MP.3 MP.4 MP.6 MP.7 | 6 7 | Activity | |
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Here Fishy, Fishy!
Yolanda and Zachary each have some fish. Zachary gives Yolanda some of his fish, and now he has twice as many fish as she does. Students must utilize given information and apply proportional reasoning skills in order to figure out how many fish Zach gave Yolanda. |
8/2/2016 |
Lynda Boepple
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6.RP.A.2 6.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3a 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.2a 7.RP.A.2b 7.RP.A.2c MP.1 MP.3 MP.4 MP.6 MP.7 MP.1 MP.3 MP.4 MP.6 MP.7 | 6 7 | Activity | |
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Ratios & Proportions Unit
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8/2/2016 |
Sarah Gummow
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6.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3a 6.RP.A.3b 7.RP.A.1 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.2a 7.RP.A.2b 7.RP.A.2c 7.RP.A.2d MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 | 6 7 | Lesson |
