• Determining the unit rate
• Converting rates from one unit to another
• Converting units of length, weight, or capacity from metric to customary and from customary to metric

Lunch Food? Mmmm! Mmmm! Good!
This unit addresses national standards in mathematics  for grades 6-8 regarding ratio and proportion; and for grades 6-12 regarding the understanding and application of the units of measurement. It also addresses national standards in health and economics.

Rates and Ratios: Comparisons
The purpose of this lesson is to use rates and ratios to compare and compute quantities.

Proportions: The Shrinking and Stretching Machine
The purpose of these lessons is to use proportions in spatial reasoning, visualization, and representation.

Proportions: Expressing Relationships
The purpose of these lessons is to develop, analyze, explain and use methods for solving proportions while solving problems in a variety of situations.

Percents: Say It With Hundredths
The purpose of these lessons is to help students visualize and conceptualize percents and to use proportions for solving comparisons expressed in percents.

Proportional Reasoning:  Expressing Relationships
The purpose of these lessons is to develop, analyze, explain and use methods for solving proportions while solving problems in a variety of situations.

Skill in Arithmetic:
A complete course in arithmetic basics, with an emphasis on doing math "naturally in our heads." Select lesson 18, "Proportionality."

Lewis and Clark: 
PBS lesson in which students apply measurement skills and ratio and proportion to collect data on vegetation.

Jazz and Math - The Beat Goes On: 
A PBS lesson in which students apply an understanding of rates (beats per minute) to jazz tempos.

CPS K12
This is a structured lesson plan that provides strategies for teaching, examples, worksheets, and assessments. (Day 51-52)

Metric Conversions:
This game enables students to practice converting one unit of metric length to another unit of metric length and to interpret metric abbreviations.

The Next Billion:
In this simulation activity, students will predict when the world population will reach 7 billion.

How Do You Measure Up:
Students use measurement skills to gather data, and graph results.

Metric Equivalents: 
Students use a shortcut method to change one metric unit to another.

Do You Have A Yen To Go To College?
Students solve a problem by converting currency into dollar amounts.

Measuring Shadows: 
Students track the measurements of shadows over a number of months to determine patterns.

Tree Core Models:
Students study tree core models and ring measurements.

Fair Division: 
An envy free solution to dividing rooms and rents.

Getting Unstuck: 
These tips can help you overcome mental barriers in problem solving.

Rates: 
Explore rates, which are simply special ratios in which the two terms are in different units.

Math Cats Balance:
This very creative website explores measurement concepts and conversions.

Measure It:
A game format for students to practice their measurement skills.

Math Cats Converter:
Converts length, weight, and volume within the same system and between metric and standard.

The International System of Units (SI): 
A very thorough guide for teachers, students, and professionals.

Find Your Longitude:
Online activity.

Measurement Resources:
A list of activities and lessons related to measurement.

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