Proportion Playground
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About
Topics
- Ratios
- Proportional Reasoning
- Unit Rate
Description
Play with ratios and proportions by designing a necklace, throwing paint balloons, playing billiards, or shopping for apples! Make predictions about proportions before they are revealed.
Sample Learning Goals
- Use a ratio as a descriptive characteristic
- Compare the meaning of a ratio in different contexts
- Use scaling to build proportions or find a missing value in a proportion
- Simplify ratios to build proportions or find a missing value in a proportion
- Use multiplicative reasoning to solve problems
For Teachers
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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Authors
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| Making Green Paint |
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Michael Matassa | MS | Discuss Guided |
Translations
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| Basque | All Basque |
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Proportzio-jolastokia | ||
| Danish | All Dansk |
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Proportions-legeplads | ||
| Dutch | All Nederlands |
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We spelen met verhoudingen | ||
| German | All Deutsch |
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Proportionen Spiel | ||
| Greek | All Ελληνικά |
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Παιχνίδια με αναλογίες | ||
| Italian | All italiano |
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Area giochi Proporzioni | ||
| Latvian | All Latviešu |
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Darbības ar proporcijām | ||
| Polish | All polski |
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Zabawa w proporcje | ||
| Portuguese (Brazil) | All português (Brasil) |
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Parque da Proporção | ||
| Spanish | All español |
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Pista de juego de proporciones |
Related Simulations
Software Requirements
| Windows 7+ | Mac OS 10.7+ | iPad and iPad Mini with iOS | Chromebook with Chrome OS |
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Internet Explorer 10+ latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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Safari 6.1 and up latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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latest version of Safari
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latest version of Chrome
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Credits
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