Up, Up, and Away
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Algebraic Thinking Focus
Connecting experiences in the everyday world with the fundamental ideas of proportional reasoning is important for the development of algebraic thinking. Use of proportionality is indispensable in the formal study of algebra and fostering proportional reasoning is a critical goal of late elementary and middle school mathematics.
Lesson Objective
Students will use and understand proportional reasoning to find actual distances as depicted on maps.
Overview of the Lesson
Students estimate distances between landmarks as well as use a map and scales to determine the actual distances.
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