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Lessons:
In this lesson students will participate in two activities then create their own ratio puzzles. In the first activity, they will learn about parts-to-parts ratios and complete an embedded assessment. In the second activity, they will learn about parts-to-whole ratios and complete another embedded assessment. In the third activity, students will create their own ratio puzzles to share. Throughout the lessons, the language of ratios is reinforced.
Resources:
This unit spans across 6th grade math and science content. In math lessons, students will learn about ratios; specifically parts-to-parts ratios and parts-to-whole ratios, and reducing ratios. In the science lessons students will learn about matter, mass, molecules and atoms and specific characteristics of water before decomposing water into its components. The unit features the use, decoding and modification of collisions as causal mechanisms in models and the breakdown of compounds into ratios of components to bridge the math and science concepts.
Links here:
Unit 2: Filtration and Clean Water
Unit 3: It's Getting Hot in Here
Unit 4: Albedo Effect