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Decimals, Fractions & Percentages
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Narain, Javed |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students learn about and practice converting between fractions, decimals and percentages. Using a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot and a touch sensor, each group inputs a fraction of its choosing. Team members convert this same fraction into a decimal, and then a percentage via hand calculations, and double check their work using the robot. Students learn about and practice converting between fractions, decimals and percentages. Using a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot and a touch sensor, each group inputs a fraction of its choosing. Team members convert this same fraction into a decimal, and then a percentage via hand calculations, and double check their work using the EV3 robot. Then they observe the robot moving forward and record that distance. Students learn that the distance moved is a fraction of the full distance, based on the fraction that they input, so if they input ½, the robot moves half of the original distance. From this, students work backwards to compute the full distance. Groups then compete in a game in which they are challenged to move the robot as close as possible to a target distance by inputting a fraction into the EV3 bot. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Polytechnic Institute of New York University |
| Subject Keyword | Number and Operations Science and Technology Robot Percentage Decimal Percent Conversion Fraction Ratio |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Mathematics Technical |
