Numbers and Operations

Ratio and Proportion

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Cyberchase

RESOURCE	GRADE LEVEL	MEDIA TYPE
Bianca Gets in Gear Bianca visits a bike shop and learns how bicycle gears work in this Cyberchase video segment.	5-8	Video
Gears and Proportions Students learn about proportions and ratios through learning about the gears on a bike.	5-8	Lesson Plan
In a Land of Giants In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must scale down a large boat to escape the land of Proporciona, a land of giants.	5-8	Video
Island of the Little In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad is on the Island of the Little and must scale up a small boat that will fit Widgit.	4-7	Video
Scaling Down, Scaling Up Students learn about scaling an object, first smaller (1/10) and then larger (2x).	4-7	Lesson Plan
Scaling Up a Photograph Students learn about proportions and figure out the dimensions of enlargements of rectangular photographs (and some reductions), based on the percentage of the enlargement.	4-7	Lesson Plan
Scaling Up Photographs In this Cyberchase video segment, Bianca volunteers to take over an important job at a copy shop. She must make a life-size copy of a photo of the King of Sloovoonia.	4-7	Video

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