Ratios and Proportions

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Ratios and Proportions

• Fact Finding Mission
• Maria Sabetta
• Roger Williams University
• MSabetta711_at_hawks.rwu.edu

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Developer Page

• Developer Materials
• Overview
• Resources and Credits
• Student Materials
• Your Search
• Student Worksheet
• Your Questions
• The Big Question

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Overview

• NCTM Standards
• Measurement
• Grade 6-8
• Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas
  to determine measurements.
• solve problems involving scale factors, using
  ratio and proportion

• Assessment
• Students will be assessed formatively by
  completing an internet game on ratios and
  proportions. They will record their answers on a
  worksheet and answer the follow-up questions.

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Credits and Resources

• Credits
• Illuminations
• Ratio and Proportion
• Solving Proportions

• Fact Finding Mission Resources
• About.com
• ATT Education
• Education World
• Filamentality
• North Carolina Schools
• Scavenger Hunts for Kids

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Implementation

• This fact finding mission is intended to be used
  as an introduction to the topic of ratios and
  proportions. This lesson is intended for grade
  8-9 students. As the teacher, you should focus on
  the importance of why students should learn about
  ratios and proportions. The most important
  reason for students to learn this content is
  because these concepts are used in everyday life.
  

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Student Materials

• Your Search
• Student Worksheet
• Your Questions
• Your Internet Places
• The Big Question

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Your Search

• During this fact finding mission, you will search
  the internet to further your knowledge on ratios
  and proportions.
• Visit the given website, and complete the
  internet game.
• Once you answer the question on the internet,
  record your answers on your handout.
• When you finish the internet activity, visit the
  given websites to answer the follow up questions.

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Student Worksheet

• Student worksheet

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Your Questions

• What is a ratio?
• What is a proportion?
• What is the basic relationship between ratios and
  proportions?
• What kind of real life situations can be
  understood with the knowledge of ratios and
  proportions?

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Your Internet Places

• BBC - Skillswise Numbers - Ratio and proportion
  activity
• - ALGEBRA - Solving Proportions

• Ratios and Proportions - Ratios - First Glance
• Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math Archives Middle School
  Ratio/Proportion
• Ratios
• Ratio and Proportion

• Internet Activity/Game Websites

• Follow up Questions Websites

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The Big Question

• How do we use ratios and proportions in everyday
  life?