Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Making the Most of Rates and Unit Rates!
Sixth graders will be making sense of problems and looking for structure in this lesson about real life rates and unit rates.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Understanding Rates and Unit Rates Stations Activity
The students will get the opportunity to work in stations to reinforce and deepen their understanding of rates and unit rates.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Ratios
Brush up on your math skills relating to ratios then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
PBS
Pbs: Real World Ratio and Rate Reasoning: How to Power the Skate Park
The CyberSquad works with area to figure out how to power a skate park using solar panels in this interactive from WNET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students view and analyze a series of video clips from Cyberchase and...
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Living Wages in Ca: Ratio and Rate in the Real World
In this KQED infographic, find out how much an adult in different-sized households needs to make to pay for basic monthly living expenses. In the accompanying classroom activity, students solve real-life problems involving rate and ratio...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Finals Week Day 1
Sixth graders define rate and give examples of how they can use rates.
The Math League
The Math League: Ratio
This site gives a definition of a ratio along with two word problems. Also shows the student how to compare ratios using fractions.
Other
Avatar Consultants, Inc: Definition of Intensity
Power, loudness, and decibel levels of sound waves are described and explained. The relative power output of various musical instruments is given.
Quia
Quia: Rates, Ratios, and Proportions
One or two players can play a learning game that reviews rates, ratios, and proportions.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Unit Rates
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches students what a unit rate is and how to find a unit rate from real-world situations. Activote assessment is included.
Other
Macomb Intermediate School District: Mathematics: Ratios and Rates [Pdf]
Activities for students that allow them to explore the concept of comparing ratios and unit rates using real-world scenarios.
Other
Illinois Ds Birth Rates and Counts by County
Information on births of babies with Down Syndrome in Illinois. Information is present by county.