Unit Rate Lab
Unit Rate and Constant of Proportionality Lab
Students find their walking pace (simulated, or by pacing the hallway), a lantern's burn rate and a rising tide — then use k forward and backward to find their way out of a dark tunnel.
- Grades
- Grade 7
- Math
- Finding k and solving with y = kx
- Format
- Solo or small groups
- Time
- One class period
- Runs on
- Any browser — Chromebooks and projectors
How the lab plays
- Real and simulated measurements become unit rates.
- Students use k to predict forward and to work backward.
- It's Act III of Numeria and Beyond, without the story.
Skills covered
- Unit rates, including with fractions
- The constant of proportionality
- Solving problems with y = kx
Built-in questions follow the NC Standard Course of Study. You can upload your own question banks for any state's standards.
How to run it
Introduce it
Use the slide deck from the lab's resource shelf to set up the investigation.
Work the missions
Students sign in with their login cards and work through the missions, measuring and recording as they go.
Review the data
Every student's data is saved. View it in the Teacher Portal or download it as a CSV.
Discuss and check
Bring the class together around the results, then finish with the exit ticket.
Try Unit Rate Lab with your class
Unit Rate Lab is one of 19 games and labs in Numeria. A free trial unlocks all of them, plus the Teacher Portal, login cards, one class leaderboard, and the slides, guides and activities that come with every lab.
Up to 6 class periods, 40 students each. Each request is approved by hand, usually within a day.
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