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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Percents Defined

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn how to calculate percent as a rate per 100 in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students model percent with a 10 x 10 grid. After watching the video, they create a design or picture on a 10 x 10 grid,...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Understanding Inflation: A Stop Motion Explainer, Parts 1 and 2

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore a real-life application of percentage-the math behind rates of inflation-in two animated videos about inflation from KQED. The first video provides an overview of inflation; the second explains the role of inflation in a healthy...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Rot and Rubbish: The Rancid Truth About How Much Food We Waste

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the math of worldwide food waste, with focus on percentage, in this infographic from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students predict the percent of food in each of the various categories (e.g., grains, fruit, etc.)...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: The Math of Credit Cards

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore how credit cards work in this video from KQED. In particular, you'll discover the impact and high cost of outstanding balances when borrowing money using credit cards. In the accompanying classroom activity, students discuss the...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Poverty Trends: What Does It Mean to Be Poor in America?

For Students 6th - 8th
Use math to learn about changes in US wealth distribution and poverty rate over time in this interactive from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students interpret the graphs and consider how the poverty rate spike following...
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Unit Plan
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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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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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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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 instructional activity, 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
In this instructional activity, 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
For this lesson, 7th graders will learn how to solve percent of change problems.
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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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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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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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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.