Student Achievement Partners
Illustrative Mathematics: Riding at a Constant Speed [Pdf]
Assess students understanding of proportional relationships with this assessment using speed.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Baseball Proportion: Teacher Notes
Students learn about proportions using regular and souvenir baseball bats. This site contains a complete lesson plan, which is available in a printable version.
OER Commons
Oer Commons: Calculating the Unit Rate of a Ratio Situation
Seventh graders find the unit rate of a ratio situation.
OER Commons
Oer Commons: Multiplication Properties of Equality
Seventh graders use the multiplication property of equality to justify their solution to a ratio problem.
Scholastic
Scholastic: The Power of Probability
Students will learn and reinforce skills for strategies to identify favorable and total outcomes, calculating simple and compound probability, sampling and proportions and using probability concepts to solve real-world problems.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Solving the Unknown With Algebra
Students will learn and reinforce skills for solving for unknowns, manipulating equations while keeping them in balance, using formulas to solve real-world challenges, and working with proportions, radicals and exponents.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Ratios and Proportions
Get independent practice working with ratios and proportions. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Solving Proportions
Get independent practice working with solving proportions. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Draw a Portrait
In addition to providing suggestions for drawing the perfect portrait, Kids at Art looks at Leonardo da Vinci and his ideas about depicting the human figure.
Arizona State University
Chicana and Chicano Space: Inquiry
Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.
Math.com
Math.com: Proportions
This lesson explains proportions along with the formula to determine if the ratios are equal. An interactive practice activity is included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Making Cookies
In this activity, students will reduce a cafeteria recipe to suit a household recipe. They use compatible numbers to choose smaller measurements while retaining the original proportions.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Activity: Air Traffic Control
In this lesson, students will model and solve air traffic control problems with geometry software. The Cabri Jr. application will be used to construct a model of the problem situation and concepts from trigonometry and proportions are...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: How Do You Measure Up? (With the Ti 10)
In this activity, students measure weight, height, and length with the help of a balance, scales, rulers, yardstick, and tape measures. They use their TI-10 to find proportions and to round off answers to whole numbers.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Sears Tower vs. Taipei 101
Students will discover the height of serveral buildings using proportions.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today Wing Tabs Save Fuel
Using the USA TODAY Infograph, 'Wing tabs save fuel', ratios and proportions will be used to explore the concept of similarity between a drawing/model and the actual dimensions. The effects of dilation (size change) on an image and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Catching the Kidnapper
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad and Digit construct a physical profile of the person who kidnapped Choocroca, a giant cybercrocodile. [2:49]
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Ratio and Proportion
A collection of teacher resources to aid in teaching and reviewing ratio and proportion in math. There are worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, activities, and smartboard activities available for the teacher to download.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Proportions
The tutorial investigates proportions. Definitions, examples, and practice problems with solutions are included.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Proportions
The learning activity consists of practice problems and word problems that investigate proportions. Detailed explanations are included.
Saddleback College
Algebra2 Go: Prealgebra
The resource consists of comprehensive learning tools such as class notes, video lectures, and templates through which students can review prealgebra topics.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Math Space Odyssey: How Much Do You Weigh in Outer Space?
Demonstrate the ability to apply the use of decimals, fractions, ratios and proportions to situations based upon given information about planets in the solar system.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: Bead Dazzling (Proportional Reasoning) [Pdf]
A comprehensive lesson plan on algebraic thinking where students create and identify patterns using proportional reasoning. Research based, this lesson plan includes technology connections, items for discussion, and extension activities.
PBS
Pbs Mathline Lesson: Mix It Up [Pdf]
A lesson based on the story, "Oliver's Fruit Salad," where young scholars explore the concept of proportional reasoning through modeling, student sharing, and questioning. A great introductory lesson for this concept that is sure to...