Brain Pop -Using Proportions

Related Resources

Harcourt Math , Grade 6 . Early Finishers : Kinesthetic learning with a game that models proportions.

 Ratio/Proportion
http://www.mathtv.org 
Episodes 1 and 2 have problems involving ratios and proportions using money. 

Go to Grade 6 standards. number sense. 1.3
Movie:  Project Mathematics: Similarity
http://www5.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm

Similarity is the basis of all measurement. It reveals the secret of map making and scale drawings, and also explains some aspects of photographic images. Similarity helps explain why a hummingbird's heart beats so much faster than a human heart, and why it is impossible for a small creature such as a praying mantis to become as large as a horse.