Teacher: Alyssa TeKolste School: Campus Middle School Content Area: Mathematics Unit Title: Ratios and Proportional

Reasoning

Date: Mon. March 4, 2013 Grade Level: 7th Grade Course Title: Math 7 Lesson #: 9 of 10

Content Standards addressed by this lesson: 7.RP.2 Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities 7.RP.3 Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning Inquiry Questions: What mathematics are involved in enlarging something? Reducing something? When is it useful to have a scale model of something? How can we be sure scale models are accurate representations of the original item? Evidence Outcomes: Every student will be able to: Identify examples of where scale factor is used in real-world situations Construct and solve proportions to represent scale factor problems Apply proportional reasoning skills when computing distances between cities on map using a scale factor Assessment of Evidence Outcomes: Check for Understanding Mini white board problems Homework Assignment Assignment #9 Materials Needed: Colorado state map for each student Ruler for each student Measuring Up Activity Mini white-board for each student White board marker for each student Assignment #9 Document camera Agenda for Board: Review Maths Mate Scale Factor Map Activity White board problems Homework

Procedure: Warm-Up (~15 minutes) After grading and reflecting on students current performance on their weekly Maths Mate assignments, it has come to my attention that we need to review the most recent Maths Mates. Therefore, todays warm-up will be a review of the most missed questions on last weeks Maths Mate. Students will make corrections to their Maths Mate as we review these common mistakes together. Introduction to Scale Factor (~10 minutes) Have students share with a partner where they think it would be appropriate to use a scale to enlarge or reduce the size of something Refresh students memories that we briefly discussed scale factor when it came up in a previous lesson. Put an example of a scale factor on the board and ask students how we could write a scale factor as a ratio. Have students take notes as you discuss how to set up a proportion to solve scale factor problems. Ask students leading questions to guide you through this discussion including: If I have represented the scale factor as a ratio, how can I write a proportion using this information as a starting point? What is a proportion? Finish one example problem as a class. Put a second problem on the board, using the same scale factor, and allow students to solve it individually on their notes sheet. While students are solving this second problem, walk around the classroom to assist students in getting starting. Watch for misconceptions; specifically observe students work to ensure they are setting up the proportion correctly. Measuring Up Activity (~20 minutes) Set expectations for group activity. Place large emphasis on the importance of using materials appropriately (specifically rulers). Ask students to share expectations of a good, working group and write on board. Keep expectations on board throughout activity. Briefly review how to use a ruler as a measurement tool. Use document camera to project this on front board. That way, students will be able to see the different marks on the ruler as you review what they mean. Divide class into groups of 3 and ask students to meet their group members at a designated

spot in the classroom and to push their desks together. Once all groups are seated together, pass out the Measuring Up activity sheets and have a student pass out one map to each group. Hold on to the rulers until after all directions have been given. The students first task is to select two cities on the map that they would like to measure the distance between, as a group. They will then need to use the legend (scale) to answer the questions together. After this task has been completed, regroup as a class. Ask students to share their strategy for measuring the distance between the two cities. Did they use proportions to determine the distance? What types of proportional reasoning skills did they use? How accurate do they believe their measurements are? What factors would affect the accuracy of their measurements? Have one group member (person with the longest hair) turn in their groups activity sheets and the rest of the class begin rearranging the desks to their original locations. Check for Understanding (~10 minutes) Pass out individual white boards and dry erase markers to students. Instruct students to write their answer and show their work on their white board for the given problems. When they are finished with the problem, instruct students to hold their board in the air and wait for their teacher to provide them with feedback. If necessary, go over solution to problem as class. Focus questions on applying proportions to scale factor problems. As students are working on the current problem, monitor their work to watch for misconceptions that need addressed. Circulate room and assist students as necessary. Homework Activity #9