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Lesson Plan
Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Introduction to Sine

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
This is an introductory instructional activity about the trigonometric function sine. Students will study several similar right triangles and the ratio of certain two sides in them.
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Proportions

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to proportions then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: Ratios

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to ratios then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ratio/proportion: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this instructional activity about ratio/proportion, students will be able to recognize and apply ratios and proportions to solve real-life problems and solve for any unknown component.
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Pbs: Real World Ratio and Rate Reasoning: How to Power the Skate Park

For Students 6th - 8th
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...
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Pbs: Recognize and Represent Proportional Relationships Between Quantities: Ratio, Proportion, Cross Multiply, Divide

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this Cyberchase media gallery, learn about ratio and proportion and how to use an algebraic shortcut to solve proportion problems. In the accompanying classroom activity, students play a game called the "Pom-Pom Nose Push," in which...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Exploring Changing Obesity Rates Through Ratios and Graphs

For Students 6th - 8th
In these KQED Lowdown infographics, explore how adult obesity rates in the United States, as measured by body mass index (BMI), have dramatically changed in the past half-century. A circular graph and a pictograph depict data by decade,...
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Pbs: The Lowdown: Indoor/outdoor Residential Water Use in California

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare data about indoor and outdoor residential water use in northern and southern sites in this infographic from KQED and the California Single Family Water Use Efficiency Study. The accompanying classroom activity helps students find...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: A Rhythm Etic

For Students 6th - 8th
Rock out to a musical demonstration of math involved in constructing rhythms from groups of beats in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students consider how the note durations comprising a measure in 3/4 time...
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PBS

Pbs: Scale City: Similar Figures in the Real World

For Students 6th - 8th
This video features the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, home to the world's largest bat. Students see the role that measurement and engineering play in making bats to professional players' specifications and are asked to consider...
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PBS

Pbs: Kid Vid: Equivalent Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Watch a video of a student thinking through the concept of equivalent ratios and then demonstrate understanding in this interactive from KET. Students review the meaning of equivalent ratio and use the Visualize It! tool to verify that...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Living Wages in Ca: Ratio and Rate in the Real World

For Students 6th - 8th
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...
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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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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: Real World Proportional Relationships: Gender Wage Gap

For Students 6th - 8th
Using this infographic, learn how wage equity today compares with data from 50 years ago, at the dawn of the equal pay movement. The accompanying classroom activity invites students to explore the change in the gender wage gap from 1965...