Aligned Resources

Virginia Standards of Learning
7th Grade
Computation and Estimation
7.6 The student will use proportions to solve practical problems, which may include scale drawings, that contain rational numbers (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals) and percents.

Activities (4)

Enter your own data categories and the value of each category to create a pie chart. There are also built in data sets which can be viewed.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Fractions, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: angles, area, circle graph, circles, data plot, fractions, percentages, pie chart, proportion, statistics

Run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree will set fire to each of its eight neighbors.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, events, experimental probability, geometric probability, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, recursion, simulation, statistics, theoretical probability, variance

Run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree catches fire if its neighbor is on fire.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, decimals, events, experimental probability, outcomes, percentages, percents, proportion, simulation, squares, theoretical probability, variance

Measure angles, distances, and areas in several different images (choices include maps, aerial photos, and others). A scale feature allows the user to set the scale used for measuring distances and areas.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: algebra, angles, area, dimension, intervals, length, proportion, scale, transformation