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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: What You Need to Know About Immigration Reform

For Students 6th - 8th
Interpret graphs showing changes over time in the percentage of foreign-born US residents and in annual deportations in this interactive from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the interactive and look at how...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Examining California's Prison System: Real World Ratio

For Students 6th - 8th
In this infographic from KQED, examine age, gender, and race in California's prison population to note the inconsistencies between who is in the general population and who is serving time behind bars. In the accompanying classroom...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: The Math of Trash: Percents and Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th
Discover how percents and proportions help explain issues like climate change, composting, and zero waste in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students estimate the percentage of various types of trash that...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Real World Expressions and Equations: Tip Jar

For Students 6th - 8th
Examine whether the common practice of tipping 20% of a restaurant bill for great service is fair. This video focused on different ways to visualize the current method of tipping and proposed potential changes to the standard practice.
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PBS

Pbs: Real Life Math: Physical Trainer

For Students 6th - 8th
The general manager of a fitness center explains how numerical calculations, percentages, and ratios are critical to his job in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students explore percentages, fractions, and...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Explore the Relationship Among Fractions, Decimal Notation, and Percents

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Cyberchase media gallery, a series of videos explores the relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents, which can be used to represent the same values in different ways. In the accompanying classroom activity, students...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Give Me 100%.

For Teachers 6th Standards
Understand the connection between ratio, percents, and fractions.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Show What You Know + Equivalency

For Teachers 6th
What do students understand? What gaps do they have in their understanding? How are fractions, decimals, and percents connected?
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Review + Quiz: Solving Equations

For Teachers 6th
Time to show off our skills Students will practice solving equations that is a percent problem.
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Other

Nearpod: Percents: Finding the Percent

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this lesson, students will learn how to find the missing percent when given the part and the whole.
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Other

Nearpod: Percents: Finding the Part

For Students 6th - 7th
For this lesson, students will learn how to find the missing part when given the percent and the whole.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Percent of Change

For Teachers 7th
In this instructional activity, 7th graders will learn how to solve percent of change problems.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Street Orchestra: Fractions & Decimals

For Students 3rd - 5th
Puzzle together with Adrian and his street band and learn about fractions, decimals and percentages.
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Interactive
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Percentages

For Students 5th - 7th
Students will compare percentages and convert them to fractions and decimals.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Street Orchestra: Fractions and Percentages

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Adolfo loves Music and Math! Did you know musical notes can be expressed as fractions, decimals, and percents?
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Husky Sled: Decimals and Percentages

For Students 4th - 6th
On this interactive site students learn to express hundredths as fractions and decimals, place decimals in ascending order, and represent simple fractions and decimals as percents.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Fractions and Decimals

For Students 5th - 6th
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario by picking out clothing. Those skills include calculating percentages using fractions and calculating the new cost of a product after a...
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Flower Power: Ordering Decimals, Fractions & Percents

For Students 6th - 8th
In this game, you must put fractions, decimals, and percents in the correct order. These appear on the blooms of a flower stem, which at full growth, have seven blooms. When these are in the correct sequence, you can harvest the flower,...
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Activity
Help Algebra

Help algebra.com: Percents

For Students 9th - 10th
Converting percents to and from decimals and fractions is demonstrated in detailed examples. Once the concept is understood, you can use it to solve equations that contain percents.
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Activity
Cyberbee

Cyberbee: M&ms in the Bag Graphing Activity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use a bag of M&Ms to learn about probability. Includes graphs and percentages, and the steps needed for the students to duplicate the numbers.
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Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Fractions to Percents

For Students 4th - 8th
This tutorial explains how to convert fractions to percents and features practice exercises, games, and the like.
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Activity
Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Proporion Method to Solve Percent Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Examples are solved to demonstrate using proportions to solve percent problems. Exercises are provided that allow you to check your answers.
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Percentage and Percentage Calculations: Audio Book

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio book, narrated by author Mark Bishop, provides examples of how to calculate percentages. Calculations for percent mass and volume are shown. Also find links for tutorials and power points about other chemistry topics.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Percentage Calculator

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this percentage calculator to "calculate a percent of a value" or "find the percent change between two values." Provided answers include steps for carrying out the calculations yourself.