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Ratios, Rates, Proportions Guided Notes | 7th Grade | Proportional Relationships
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Overview
Ever wondered how to teach ratios, rates, and proportions in an engaging way to your 7th-grade students?
In this unit plan, students will first learn about Ratios, Rates & Unit Rates. Later on, they will build on this to learn about Representing Proportional Relationships with Graphs & Equations. Lastly, they will learn about Solving Proportions & Proportional Relationships.
Each lesson helps students master the unit through artistic, interactive guided notes, check for understanding, and culminates with a real-life example that explores how ratios, rates, and proportions are used in various situations.
It's an exciting way to teach ratios, rates, and proportions while comprehensively meeting standards.
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Ratios, Rates, Proportions Guided Notes | 7th Grade | Proportional Relationships
$10.99 · Extensions sold separately
Learning Objectives
After this unit, students will be able to:
- Define ratios, rates, and unit rates and distinguish them from each other.
- Write ratios and rates in various forms, including fractions, decimals, and percentages.
- Generate ratios and rates from real-world problems and solve problems involving them.
- Represent proportional relationships with graphs, tables, and equations.
- Calculate and interpret the constant of proportionality in proportional relationships.
- Solve proportions using cross product in the context of proportional relationships.
- Identify and explain the constant of proportionality in various representations such as graphs, equations, and tables.
- Apply knowledge of ratios, rates, and proportions to solve real-world problems in different contexts.
Prerequisites
Before this unit, students should be familiar with:
- Basic understanding of multiplication and division
- Knowledge of how to simplify ratios
- Ability to graph points on a coordinate plane
- Understanding of basic algebraic expressions and equations
- Familiarity with interpreting graphs in real-life situations
Materials
- Pencils
- Colored pencils or markers
- Ratios, Rates & Proportions Guided Notes Unit Bundle
Key Vocabulary
- Ratios
- Rates
- Unit Rates
- Proportional Relationships
- Constant of Proportionality
- Cross Product
- Graphs
- Equations
Lesson Map
Ratios, Rates & Unit Rates
Students will learn about ratios, rates, and unit rates, including writing, generating, and solving problems involving them.
- CCSS 7.RP.A.1
Constant of Proportionality
Students will learn about the constant of proportionality and proportional relationships, finding k from graphs, equations, and tables.
- CCSS 7.RP.A.2.b
- CCSS 7.RP.A.2.a
Represent Proportional Relationships with Graphs & Equations
Students will learn to represent proportional relationships with graphs and equations, calculate the constant of proportionality, and interpret graphs in terms of real-life situations.
- CCSS 7.RP.A.2.b
- CCSS 7.RP.A.2.a
- CCSS 7.RP.A.2.c
- CCSS 7.RP.A.2.d
Solving Proportions & Proportional Relationships
Students will learn how to solve proportions using cross product in the context of proportional relationships.
- CCSS 7.RP.A.2
- CCSS 7.RP.A.2.c
- CCSS 7.RP.A.3
Extensions
Ratios, Rates & Proportions Pixel Art Unit BUNDLE | 7th Grade CCSS
$16.99
Students practice ratios, rates & proportions including equivalent ratios, ratio tables, unit rates, identifying proportional relationships, solving proportions, constant of proportionality, and writing equations with this 7th Grade Ratio, Rates & Proportions Pixel Art Unit Bundle. Contains 6 products with 13 pixel art activities total for a complete 7th grade Common Core ratios, rates & proportions unit.
These self-checking Google Sheets give students instant feedback. Incorrect answers are highlighted in red, and correct answers turn green and unlock parts of a mystery picture. They’re easy to assign, keep students engaged, and free up your time for differentiation and more.
CCSS Standards: 7.RP.A.1, 7.RP.A.2, 7.RP.A.2a, 7.RP.A.2b, 7.RP.A.2c, 7.RP.A.2d
Ratios, Rates, Proportional Relationships 7th Grade Warm Ups Bell Ringers CCSS
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Looking for an engaging way to kick off your 7th-grade math class? Our Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Relationships Warm Ups are perfect! These daily bell ringers, formatted as a printable PDF, feature 20 unique activities that help students practice interpreting graphs, solving proportions, and working with rates. Plus, each warm-up includes fun icebreakers and creative challenges to promote social-emotional learning. Aligned with CCSS standards 7.RP.A.1 and 7.RP.A.2, these resources are designed to boost understanding in an exciting way.
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