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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Dinosaur Train Chow Time

For Students Pre-K - K
Feed the hungry dinosaurs but make sure they are getting the right amount! Click and drag food to the scale until it's balanced.
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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Stanford University: Pour It Out

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how material properties change as the size of the material decreases to the nanoscale. This lesson investigates the effects of forces at different scales.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Scale Factor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this applet to investigate how changes in the scale factor influence the ratio of perimeters and the ratio of areas between two figures.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Image Tool

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Measure angles, distances, and areas in several different images (choices include maps, aerial photos, and others). A scale feature allows the user to set the scale used for measuring distances and areas.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Made in America: The High Cost of Fashion

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate data on changes over time in where our apparel is made and how much we spend on it in these images from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the interactive and graph the data. They also look for...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Neo Confucianism & Fan Kuan, Travelers by Streams and Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
We know very little about the great artist Fan Kuan, yet he painted the most majestic landscape painting of the early Song period - "Everything about Travelers by Streams and Mountains". Read about why this is an outstanding example of...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vid: Fractions and Scale

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students think about how fractional measurements relate to scale models, learn about alternate ways of expressing scale ratios, and demonstrate understanding of fractions and scale in this interactive from KET. After watching video...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vid: Scaling Up Rectangles

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Watch a student think through a problem about how the area of a rectangle changes when both sides are increased by the same scale factor and use online tools to demonstrate understanding of concepts related to area and scale factors in...
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Problem Solving With Length, Money, and Data

For Students 2nd Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with problem solving with length, money, and data.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Tea Store: Position on a Map

For Students 4th - 6th
Help Gina locate items in the tea store using coordinates, a compass, and a ruler in this series of leveled exercises.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Dance Performance: Position on a Map

For Students 5th - 6th
This interactive website allows students to practice their map skills including scale factors on a map.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Learning Ratios & Proportions Through Scale Drawings

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Website which strengthens the conceptual connection between scale drawings and ratios through an activity activity.
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Activity
Museum of Science

Miami Museum of Science: P H Panel

For Students 9th - 10th
Try putting different liquids into a virtual pH tester to find out whether they are acids or bases.
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Website
Other

Avatar Consultants, Inc: Tuning, Scales, and Temperament

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the composition of complex sounds produced by a musical instrument. Good illustration of how music is applied to physics. Quite a bit of good information, several pages linked together with good definitions as well as...
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Article
Other

Music Theory First Aid for Struggling Students

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides music theory information on such topics as rhythm, intervals, scales, chords, etc. Also, there is a fine section which describes the basic concepts of form and structure.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding Scale Factors: Lesson 2

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson demonstrates how to find the scale factor. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Finding Scale Factors."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Scale: Lesson 5

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson defines the term scale and scale model. It is 5 of 9 in the series titled "Scale."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Scale and Similar Figures: Lesson 3

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
This lesson explains how similar figures are related to the concept of scale. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Scale and Similar Figures."
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Assessing the Situation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students will use the scale, the key, and longitude and latitude on a map to determine where they have crashed. They will then use the map scale to determine the distance to the nearest city and how long it will take...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Musical Notation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction to the music staff and notation. It describes the notes on both the treble and bass clefs. Sound files for each pitch of a C scale and some Activote questions are...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Measuring Scales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan to review measuring scales.
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Website
Music Theory

Music theory.net

For Students 9th - 10th
An online beginning music theory and ear training site. This site is for students to use at home to reinforce what they learn in class.
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Error in Measurement

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What are the common errors made when students take measurements and how can they be avoided? A good deal of vocabulary associated with measurement errors is explained. Tips are provided for the student and the teacher in hopes of...
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Interactive
University of Utah

University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Cell Size and Scale

For Students 9th - 10th
Students read an article that explains the applicability of scale in the biological sciences field.