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First Rate ActivityFirst Rate Activity
Publisher
Noyce Foundation
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Grade
K - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Duration
1 hr
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Differentiated Instruction
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Year
2012
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Explore distance and time factors to build an understanding of rates. A comprehensive set of problems target learners of all grade levels. The initial problem provides distance and time values and asks for the winner of a race. Another problem asks for the time it will take two people working together to complete a task. The final problem involves related rates.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

rates, proportional reasoning, rate of change, algebraic thinking, distance, time, velocity

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Assign below- and above-level problems to differentiate when necessary
  • Incorporate problems as lesson openers

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires an understanding of proportional relationships

Pros

  • Provides contextual background for each problem
  • Problems activate higher order thinking processes

Cons

  • None

Common Core

K.MD.A.1 K.MD.A.2 1.MD.A.2 2.MD.A.4 6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.2 6.RP.A.3.a 6.RP.A.3.b 6.RP.A.3.c 6.RP.A.3.d 7.RP.A.1 7.RP.A.2.a 7.RP.A.2.b 7.RP.A.2.c 7.RP.A.3 8.G.B.7 HSF-BF.A.1.a HSF-LE.A.1.a MP2 MP4 MP5

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